First flagged the images that I wanted to use. Then I started developing all of my images on Lightroom

These are my final images below

The more feminine shoot is inspired by Anna Gaskell

A mood board of Anna Gaskells work

A mood board of my work

For my sets of images I wanted to create a contrast between the femininity shoot and the masculinity shoot. One of my ways of doing this is by giving my femininity shoot a warm tone by taking the pictures mid day while the sun is out and in contrast turning my masculinity pictures black and white by shadowing the background to the main visual point is on the figures.

I am happy with how my two shoots turned out as I feel that I have captured modern day femininity for teenage girls and the modern day standards for men to be muscular.

The definition of femininity, femininity is a set of attributes, behaviours, and roles generally associated with women. Femininity can be understood as socially constructed, and there is also some evidence that some behaviours considered feminine are influenced by both cultural factors and biological factors. some feminine traits are nurturance, sensitivity, sweetness, supportiveness, gentleness, warmth, passivity, cooperativeness, expressiveness, modesty, humility, empathy, affection. sometimes colours are related to femininity such as pink, purple, green, red, and white.

The definition of masculinity, Masculinity is a set of attributes, behaviours, and roles associated with men. Masculinity can be theoretically understood as socially constructed, and there is also evidence that some behaviours considered masculine are influenced by both cultural factors and biological factors. some masculine traits are strength, courage, independence, leadership, and assertiveness. sometimes colours can be related to masculinity such as red, orange, brown, black and blue.

Photographs

Edits

For this image, I created more of a contrast by increasing the shadows on the image. I also increased the saturation to make the greenery and flowers stand out.

For this image, I again increased the contrast and decreased the highlights slightly. I also slightly increased the saturation and vibrancy to make the image pop more.

With this image I took a lighter approach, increasing the highlights and white tones while still increasing the contrast slightly to give the image more depth.

I took a similar approach with this image, making the image brighter and increasing the contrast.

With this picture, the models features feel sad, so I tried to make the image seem more dramatic. I did this by increasing the shadows and contrast while adding some vignette around the outside to make the viewer focus in more on the model.

I turned the image to black and white here, creating a contrast between the bottom of the picture and the sky. I also increased the shadows and contrast to make the sky and model stand out more.

Once again, I changed the image to be in black and white however I made the image brighter by increasing the exposure and white tones which ended up highlighted the flowers more.

For this picture, I made the image brighter, making the flower field stand out more. This did however, take the view point away from being the model due to the brighter colours surrounding her.

Here, I made the purple tones in the picture stand out more as well as increasing the saturation of the whole picture.

For this picture I changed the hue of the image to make the photo feel more like autumn rather than summer. I also increased the contrast and highlights.

With this image, I lowered the exposure and increased the contrast of the image to make the sky stand out more and give the photo a more summery feel to it. I enhanced this by increasing the saturation.

With this picture, I again decreased the exposure of the image which increasing the saturation and white tones.

I turned this image to black and white while increasing the contrast, and shadows and lowering the exposure.

Similarly to the other images, I lowered the exposure and increased the saturation and contrast to make the sky more prominent.

Here I increased the contrast and saturation of the image as well as the shadows to make the image appear more clean and clear.

Similar to the previous photo, I increased the contrast and saturation while also increasing the shadows.

I increased the contrast and lowered the exposure slightly before adding vignette to the edges of the image to focus it on the model.

I turned the image to black and white while and increased the contrast slightly.

Here I lowered the exposure while increasing the saturation and contrast.

BEST IMAGES FROM THE SHOOT:

COMPARING MY WORK TO KURLANDS ‘GIRL PICTURES’:

In comparison to my images I believe that there a similarities in both the images. In these images you are able to see how both image shows the stereotypes of women and reinforces them instead of discouraging them.

Visual – what we can see in the image

In both images you are able to see that the setting is in a similar place. Kurland’s image perhaps is taken in urban surrounding and the colour palette is slightly different; as you can see hers is slightly more earthy, and muted colour palette whereas my image has more vibrant and powerful colours. Both images the females are wearing white colours which connotes purity, innocence and, simplicity, these can also be seen as connotations in the images as most have a minimalistic aesthetic. The main difference seen in the image is that no females in Kurland’s image is giving direct eye contact, which suggests that they are frightened to look into the audience; however in my image one female is looking directly towards the camera whereas the other is looking away this is significant as it connotes that some females are able to stand up to the stereotypes whereas some prefer to stay submissive.

Contextual – who, when, where etc…the story, background, impact:

https://nmwa.org/art/artists/justine-kurland/

‘While her earlier photographs of schoolgirls were inspired by her own experience as a runaway, the birth of her son Casper in 2004 shifted her focus to pregnant women and mothers’.

Her images are now perhaps influential for women now that society is now shifting the stereotypes of women and men. Her photography show how women are seen in society and for the male gaze. Laura Mulvey states that women are sexualised for the male gaze; to pleasure the male sex, perhaps this is what Kurland is supporting by reinforcing these views created by men.

THE STUDY OF LAURA MULVEY – THE MALE GAZE:

https://study.com/learn/lesson/what-is-the-male-gaze-by-laura-mulvey-the-male-gaze-examples-theory-art-movies.html#:~:text=The%20%22male%20gaze%22%20is%20apparent,%2C%20literature%2C%20and%20other%20media.

I started off by selecting my favourite images id like to put into the print folder. To do this I rated and categorised my images on Lightroom so it was easier to asses each of them. I had 15 I liked, however, still needed to narrow them down:

After narrowing down to 12 final images I had these:

Initially I had my mock – ups presented on this post but then went back into it to show my recreations and how my final images were presented in comparison to my initial plan:

First mock-up/recreation:

After going back into the blog post and editing it I can show my recreation and how I exactly did this whilst framing my images:

Second mock up/ recreation:

Third mock – up/ recreation:

Remaining images were window mounted individually.

These are the images I found were most effective and suited the themes the most. I showed that I can use a range of techniques and related to my chosen artists.

Environmental Portrait

Headshots

Femininity and Identity Portraits

To experiment with different layouts of my images i printed off some copies and adjusted their positioning to see which layouts looked the best and these are some of my best outcomes:

photos:

Edits:

Definition: the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.

In summary, feminism is about all genders having equal rights and opportunities. It’s also about respecting diverse women’s experiences, identities, knowledge and strengths, and striving to empower all women to realise their full rights.

Feminist political activists campaign in areas such as reproductive rights, domestic violence, fairness, social justice, and workplace issues such as family medical leave, equal pay, and sexual harassment and discrimination.

History of feminist movements

There have always been women who fought back against patriarchal cultures. However, the term Feminism as we know it is a fairly new concept. Mary Wollstonecraft published “A Vindication of the Rights of Women” in 1792, and while she’s considered a feminist icon today, that term wasn’t applied in her time. The term became more well-known in the 1890s in Great Britain and America.

First wave

The First wave movement was closely tied with abolitionist movements and focused on suffrage. This included events such as the Seneca Falls Convention. Around the world, women’s rights slowly began to change noticeably in areas such as a women’s right to vote.

When countries around the world changed the laws allowing women to vote:

New Zealand – 1893

The US – 1920

Great Britain – 1928.

Second wave

The second wave began in the 1960s. It was connected with the anti-war and Civil Rights movements. Reproductive rights and issues related to sexuality also became more prominent. Feminism became more intellectually diverse and complex during these years. Capitalism, the role of women, sexuality, and gender were all discussed as feminist movements around the world became less elitist and more inclusive than during the first wave.

Justine Kurland

Justine Kurland is an American photographer who’s views on this topic were made very clear. In one of her books, SCUMB Manifesto, Kurland took books by male photographers from her own library, cut them up, and rearranged the pieces into individual collages. Her aim was to metaphorically carve out a historical space for women throughout the history of the medium, and build a new lineage of work by women that undercuts the patriarchal influence of the straight white man over photographic history. 

what is identity, identity is the fact of being who or what a person or thing is. everyone has a different identity some are very similar but never the same. In photography someone’s identity is shown with visual items such as how there dressed or what there holding. How, where and what the person is doing in a photo can show people who look at the photo who the person is.

Identity is based on the repetition of sameness that is evidenced by the image produced by the camera. photographers visually project their feelings, ideas, interests, memories or personality traits into objects and scenes. this is identity in photograph.