above pictures: these are my pilot pictures for my first term project, i believe these show the aims of my project in many ways but most importantly because they go against the cultural norms of skin that we see in skin adverts and across the media whether it be through celebrities or adverts everyday. This distorted body form and skin shows the way we are told not to look like, the way skin shouldnt presented to us, and in someways its quite hard to look at.
through my pilot pictures i have explored the aesthetics of the skin, and the skin adverts-the harsh lighting gives the pictures a slightly heroic tone to the skin. but the whole idea of the pictures is to show how skin adverts advertise cream to make us want to buy it. Skin adverts today only ever show perfect skin-through my pictures i have shown imperfections, that everyone has imperfections and arent always perfect.
additionally through my pictures i also like that because there are so many creases and the impression of scares-that you cant tell whether its male or female-which goes along with idea that i have been exploring
'you are born male or female' but femininity is something gained.
This idea of harsh lighting and aesthetics of lighting is something i want to continue and explore further in the next term.
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