To summarise, throughout my theoretical research I explored many theorists as mentioned earlier, Foucault and the gaze, Laura Mulvey and the male gaze, Freud and his concept of sexual fetishism- all of which have helped me identify what I really wanted to base my pictures around. Although I have experimented with lots of ways of how to portray my topic i believe my theoretical and practical research helped me settle on a main subject within the topic which is photographing body form and skin and the way skin is portrayed and should look in the media whether its skins adverts, celebrities and the pages we see about how they ‘look flawless’ or even the shock factor pages where celebrities are seen without any makeup and are made to feel abnormal for not always looking ‘perfect’
Through looking at men’s adverts, fetishism photography and product photography I saw that all the women were thin; all had perfect skin and were modelling in an erotic confident way. To summarise, all the women in these advertising pictures looked as society, the media and men believe they should look.
These theories I have explored have enabled me to experiment through my photographs. They have helped me both challenge the topic and come up with original ways of making a statement. Through my photographs I have explored the idea that we as members of society are mannequins that the media dress up and play with while also exploring young girls wanting to be grownup and knowing how to pose.
Despite the research I have already done, I do believe there is more to be done. Theoretically I believe I can explore Foucault’s concept of discourse and the regime of truth additionally i believe there is further research to be done on photographers who explore the aesthetics of lighting such as Leni Riefenstahl and the pictures of the Olympic athletes.
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