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During the 1950s and 1960s, Yeager was one of the top fashion models and photographers, publishing about a dozen books. She shot stills of the Swedish actress Ursula Andress, who was starring in the 1962 James Bond film "Dr. No." The famous shot shows the actress in a white bikini, a knife sheathed at her side. Yeager continued to work, but over the last decade, several magazines began to struggle or went out of business. Yeager was no longer in demand. "There was a big portion of time where I hadn't been doing anything," Yeager said of her hiatus. "It wasn't that I was retired, it's just that nobody wanted my photos. I had no requests. No inquiries. Nothing. It was like I didn't even exist." But in 2010, the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh held an exhibition of her work. Now, there is the Miami exhibition. "I haven't gotten used to it yet," Yeager said of the recent attention. "And I still get that little tingle when I see the photos on the wall." In cabinets in her studio, Yeager keeps a stash of photos no one has seen. Some she plans to save for her next book. Others will serve as a snapshot of what's yet to come for Yeager and the next generation of female photographers. "I'm still feeling like a little child and excited over everything new that comes along in my life. I don't know where it will lead to yet, but it sounds good to me."
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