In this picture I tried portray how adolescent relationships affect young women. I used Photoshop to layer the photo so you can see how the female looks away and is unconfident. It symbolizes how women even though encouraged into romances can feel forced into a relationship just because it feels right. Even if the relationship isn’t a good one women are taught to stay through “the bad times” and it in turn has a negative effect on them. Whereas with boys it’s just a thrill of the chase. The guy in the photo is very cavalier. You can also see how the symbols of their emotions are both on the female’s side of the picture I used this to show that woman are often burdened with the emotions of the relationship.
I also used the bridge in the background to show both the journey and the shakiness of the future to come for both sexes. It shows how unstable adolescent relationships truly are. although young people probably shouldn’t be engaged in them they can still have a lasting positive or negative impression on the teens.
I also used angles in the photos to show how the subjects are either confident or not. The guy’s face in a depiction of emotion or the lack thereof, it shows how calm he is as opposed to how sad or depressed the female appears. She looks away from the camera and is also looking down to show how worried and stressed out by the relationship she is. The angles also look they guy in the face as opposed to how they look down on the female. This depicts how even though women are what I consider the real backbone of the relationship they are often looked at as replaceable or not important.
I completely disagree which is why the complete photo is tilted.
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This also ties into the interdependence and power of the romance because not only do the emotions symbolize confidence and stress but it also reflects society's declaration of how relationships should be. In spite of staying through "bad times," the female shows signs of needing to escape from this relationship but is only staying for the sake of her boyfriend and her family's preferences. She is choosing to let the preferences of others overpower her preferences. In addition, the female's stance seems as though she is stuck in an emotionally abusive relationship that drains her mentally, emotionally, spiritually. Her emotions and her stance both pose as a sign of distress because she seems to be holding something because her boyfriend told her to- accommodating to his wishes only to please him and remain attractive in his eyes. On the contrary, the male's stance and facial expression shows that he is happy with what he sees- her outward beauty. I believe that the bridge symbolizes the fact that they have done intimate things behind close doors since females are deemed as "sexual gatekeepers." Now, if this was in the Western nations, then the female would be able to escape the relationship because adolescents are free to make their own dating choices and parents would be less controlling and demanding. The female will no longer have to act out in ways that she does not have to (referring to the bridge). The angled photo leaves a symbolic representation that one's dating preference no longer matters once outnumbered (by family and peer pressure).
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