This picture is representing a teenage girl who got caught up in the Media's expectation for what a woman should look like. The objects with color in the picture are representing the things she values the most in her life including a stack of magazines and pictures of models with the "perfect body" that she wishes she had. These are mainly things she cannot change without bringing harm to herself. The black and white objects in the picture are the things she values the least in her life. The objects she values the least are her trophies she had won, her A plus paper she wrote hanging on the wall, and most importantly herself. The pictures with the heads cut off and the pictures with the models with their backs facing us are representing all women in general not just one specific person. The trophies and the report hanging on the wall show all the positive aspects of her life and yet they are being over taken by the negative things in her life. The teenager holding up her shirt is comparing herself to the unrealistic women in the magazines showing how unsatisfied she is with her body. These images physiologically scared her because she is clearly not overweight and yet she still feels the need to be as skinny as the women in the photographs. The balance of this picture is showing how the teenager is only taking up the very edge of the picture showing how little she values herself. The pictures on the wall are not only in the center of the photo but taking up most of the space in the photo. The little smirk on her face is showing how she admires the models and also showing how she envies them even though they don’t all look healthy. This photo is emphasizing how the ideal women being portrayed in the media can be damaging to a healthy normal teenage girl.
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From this picture what I see is someone who wants to be what they can't be or they wish to be like someone else to feel beautiful. Society really plays a huge effect of teens today. Teens feel like in order to be beautiful you have to look like people or celebrities from magazines. It has become such a debated issue in society because we are losing self respect from our peers and people we love only because of insecurities with our body, which is not true most of the time. The girl in the picture is skinny already but feels the need to lose more weight to be beautiful. The trophies she won, and the A plus paper hanging on her wall are not important to her simply because she doesn't care about her education and future, but all she wishes for is to look like some stranger in the magazine. The objects in color is what she wishes she could look like and from viewing of the picture, she sees the lesser clothes you wear, the better or "sexier" you look. In my opinion, the black and white objects show that she is a hard worker, and achieved good goals in life, but now she sees them like they are non-existent. It's like they all faded away and the only thing that she cares about is her physical appearance which is not an issue at all because she looks healthy already. The bottom line is society will continue to have a huge effect to our teens and society is to blame for teenagers' actions, and even though all teens have the choice to not follow this way of thinking, the majority is very naive simply because they are surrounded by technology.
This photo shows a young girl looking away from the camera. This may suggest that the girl is insecure. The girl is looking at pictures of models which suggest those are her role models. The girl has her shirt up and is staring at the models like she is comparing herself to the models. Even though girl is already skinny, she probably thinks she still isn’t good enough. Media has such a huge impact on teenagers and they all want to be like the celebrities and models they see in magazines and on T.V., what teens don’t understand is the media is not realistic. The A paper on the wall and the trophies are in black and white but the models and magazines are in color, this may suggest that the teen does not care about her school work and sports. A teenage girl’s main concern is usually to fit in and look good. Just like the girl we see in this picture. She is already beautiful and does not need to worry about her physical appearance but the media really affects the way girls think.
I think this is a good picture showing how young girls try and be like what they see in the media. The young girl sees the girls in the photo being really skinny and well dressed. You can tell that she is trying to suck her stomach in so that she can look like these models, not thinking that this could be harmful to her and her body. The A+ looks as it would represent the pictures as being good and the girl thinks they are perfect. As you can see there aren’t faces on these pictures because the girls are only worried about what their bodies look like and how other people see them. She has trophies on her dresser so I suppose that she is into sports and she tries to fit into about every category.
I think of all the photos I have seen this one stands out to me the most. I love how you used the white to show her purity and innocence. The white dressing coming off of her shows how quickly young girls loose there purity, while the magazine, makeup, high heels, dieting pills, etc. show how the young girl is trapped into a society which forces her to grow up faster. Also, I love the point you made about the high heels not fitting her. The makeup on her face shows that she has been crying and has some feeling of discomfort.
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