I
have created photographs that deal with our group theme of female
issues. My photographs were created from my response of the media’s
portrayal of feminine beauty. The imagery used in the media portrays
what is supposed to be the ‘ideal body’, although this ideal image of
beauty is unattainable for most females. The media shows this supposedly
perfect, idolized image of feminine beauty that often objectifies
women; it creates a powerful, negative influence on the way women view
themselves. This influenced me to create work based on stripping back
the idolized image, taking away all the added cosmetics and alterations,
to throw away the social body. The body that has become altered by
society, by images in the media, pressuring women to alter themselves,
to become that idolized image. I’m focusing on the ordinary body, the
natural, realistic, and the imperfections that make us beautiful and
unique, rather than the ‘perfect’, identical image and body that is
presented to us by models in the mass media within our society and
culture.
Emma Lavender
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