This photoshoot is inspired by Marilyn Monroe, as she was an American actress, model and singer. Known for playing comic “blonde bombshell” characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s. We decided to explore the idea of Marilyn Monroe because she represents femininity and the idea of women being objectified. We incorporated little aspects such as making our blonde hair the main subject in some of the photos, and in some we emphasised pearls as they were an iconic symbol of feminism.

For our second photoshoot we portrayed similar ideas representing femininity. We took advantage of props such as the mirror in the studio, and we also brought our own props which we thought would portray a feminine mood; pearls, red lipstick and lots of other jewellery.

In this photoshoot, we knew we could resemble Marilyn Monroe by highlighting our hair throughout the photoshoot. We made this the focus in most of the images as it exhibits the feminine look, as well as incorporating the idea of Monroe being the “dumb blonde”.

Finally, for our last photoshoot, we made the mirror the subject of our images as this way the viewer will have something different to focus on. The use of red lipstick also symbolises Monroe as it is associated with confidence. “Red lips are universally appealing possibly due to the perceived association with sexual arousal”. We thought it was important to highlight this as it also tells a story on Marilyn Monroe being objectified throughout her life.

Here are all of my selected final images in Lightroom, before exporting them into a new folder in my documents. This way I will be able to edit them all separately