From Rae
Many women of all ages are pressured to look beautiful. Beauty in the media isn't defined as the true beauty you were born to with, but the beauty you buy in a bottle. There are advertisements everywhere encouraging women to defy their true age as well as hide behind pallets of colors. What ever happened to the natural look? Why isn't it acceptable to be on camera with pores, pimples, and unshaded eyes? I did a black and white photo to emphasize how black and white the media is. I also made her lips ruby red to emphasize heavy make-up just the way media portrays it. She has an unhappy expression on her face as she takes of this mask of heavy make-up she hides behind. The way she wipes it off, you can see how thick and heavy it is. It's almost like the mask of Zorro where it just takes over the eyes. Just like Zorro, you don't know who the real man behind the mask is. It's amazing to see the extremes women go through with make-up just to make themselves look "beautiful". I also wanted a plain background and a simple mirror just to add to the natural look. I chose this angle to show a side media has created and a side of reality. The make-up may have been overdramatized, but how many women take their make-up off, look down, and see all the random colors wiped from their naturally beautiful face?
5 comments:
This is a very good photograph it shows the extremes that women go through to be titled as beautiful. I can see the unhappiness in the girls face. It seem as if the girl is looking at the other side of her face as if she don’t want to wipe it away, like she is wishing that this is how she is naturally. The heavy make up around her eyes show me the massive amount of time it takes her in the morning to portray this idealized beauty.
The photograph is a nice addition to the blog, showing how different being a girl is from being a boy in our society. The exaggerated lipstick and eye-shadow in contrast to the black and white of the photograph make it stand out even more. But truly, the way some girls do themselves up is not so different from the one in the photograph. The subject in the photo doesn't seem to be wishing she didn't have to put on the make-up, but instead seems oblivious to how it makes her look. She seems to be thinking of it, not as a nicety or a necessary evil, but as a necessity, something she must do before going. It seems like she is so used to going through such a thorough routine, that it has almost become second nature to her, not just allowing the message to influence, but to stampede through her mind.
From Delight
This picture shows in reality what pains the feminine gender goes through to boost their self esteem. Isn’t it unfortunate that it is the dictates of the masculine gender and that of the society at large that determines what she does to and how she feels about herself? I bet she has to do this to have a sense of belonging!This is one of the things that put the women in the subordinate group.
The photo being in black and white with the little punch of color is great. The black and white not only shows how black and white the media is in general with these images, but it also draws your attention to the main focus. The main focus is the girls face and her makeup. Coloring the lips was very well done. This clearly gives us an image of makeup that is caked on. This girl is wearing a ton of makeup to make herself seem like the girls in the ads. The girl is also clearly unhappy. She could be unhappy that this is what she has to deal with everyday to be considered beautiful, or she could be unhappy that she has to take the makeup off and will no longer look like the beautiful ad she is trying to portray. This is a good photo for showing those impossible and ridiculous beauty standards we as women are faced with everyday. This really shows the amount of effort women go through everyday in our society to look beautiful and acceptable.
This is a very powerful photograph critiquing the aesthetic pressures so many women face. It's interesting that you used the term "natural look," since that is so often mentioned in magazines when instructing women how to put on makeup without looking like they're wearing any. The red lips hint at sexuality, as that shade is often used to complete a "bombshell" look.
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