Dennis Scholl and Kareem Tabsch’s documentary Naked Ambition pays tribute to Yeager, denuding the limited, and limiting, professional options available for women of her time. 70 minutes, Naked Ambition is part of the recent documentary trend that seeks to canonize as artists creators who were excluded by the elite of their time, often due to sexism and racism. For those who do, including myself, the question is: How did Yeager’s photos honor the distinct personality, material conditions, and status of her subjects? Bunny Yeager in Naked AmbitionIn this example, as in its title, Naked Ambition seems to suggest that practically everything Yeager did was praiseworthy because it was enterprising. Despite its hagiographic tone, Naked Ambition is compelling when it examines how Yeager’s ebullient photographic approach to female nudity was matched by her rejection of midcentury conservatism.