For this photoshoot i did exactly as i had planned and i went to the studio and took photo of a model shirtless and focused on the masculine features of the body. This photoshoot was inspired by Sam Contis This photoshoot is inspired by Sam Contis
The photos by Sam Contis I was inspired by are:
Photoshoot 2
This second photoshoot i focused on femininity, I used a model and got her to do different poses. In this photoshoot the model held props such as: flower, mirror and makeup supplies. This photoshoot is linked with Cindy Sherman as it highlights clearly femininity and stereotypical females.
Here I did a photoshoot based on Cindy Sherman’s work and how women were idealized, they were around to cook and take care of the house work and children, women were taken seriously and these photos slightly represent what their lives consisted off. we went round the house taking pictures of the model cleaning the floors, the dishes and also reaching out for a book from the book shelf, I made the model hold quite a steady face almost as if they were upset but try to hide it, having the model smile would completely defeat the point of the photo as women were quite miserable as they didn’t have as much freedom as men. This photoshoot holds quite a lot of emotions as there are a few photos of the models crying, this represents a stereotype that women are seen as weak and not as strong as men they tend to let all their emotion out where men tend to hold their emotions in, this helps them build character as show that they are masculine where girl aren’t afraid to let people see their emotions.
I made these photos black and white as did Cindy Sherman. I feel as though it makes the photo look more elegant and modern, these photos show so much mysterious elements to show that we don’t know what was going on in their life. They are such feminine photos as stereotypically you wouldn’t see a man scrubbing the floor or doing the dishes, although it is normalized now back then it would be seen as strange and not right as men were meant to go out and work and women stayed at home. The photos where the model cry’s could show how they were emotionally damaged and never had anyone there for them when they needed it, they didn’t have any support. Although I do have two models crying together it could represent a mother and daughter going through the same thing or it could sister, they hate that they are so emotional and always picked on because of it, boys are too “masculine” to cry.
Intentionally ridiculous or bizarre behaviour or character.
I am looking at this style of photography because it links well to the idea of femininity and masculinity. I have found most people assume class anything unusual or absurd as masculine rather than feminine stemming from the idea that boys will be boys. This style allows for the presentation of women doing absurd things without being classed as masculine or just odd and in fact being creative.
In the mood board of photos above there are many different examples from having hand edited images and spliced them together to big expressions and close ups of the model. I love the idea of exploring the darker parts of femininity and that not everything is soft and perfect all the time like the classical depictions of a feminine person or thing.
