Technical

Cindy would have used a flash and self timer on a tripod. She has clearly positioned herself for the image with a quick shutter speed as it is a sharp image with no motion blur. The flash allows for all the colour to be highlighted, and give a shine to the blonde wig. It may have had a high sensitivity as the image looks slightly grainy, but would of had a general ISO of 100 as was taken indoors in a studio.

Visual

Visually there is a vignette effect around the edges with the lightest areas in the top center, to highlight her face. The image was also probably cropped as it has her clear in the full frame of the image. The image would have been saturated to emphasis the colour’s of both her jacket and skin

Contextual + Conceptual

Cindy completely turns transforms herself into lots of different personas to show an expression of all the kinds of people you can find in the world. This image was based on the character of the general look of a teen in the 80s. She used a strong saturation or foundation colour to show how skin tones were altered then for a desired ‘tan’ look, and also showed the vibrant blocked colours that were common at the time. The darker lined lips and lighter lipstick was also around in the 80s and so she kept true to the dated theme