WHY?

Firstly, we went to the studio with our props such as red lipstick and pearls as they are a large factor and characteristic of Marilyn. Monroe was known as a ” dumb blonde” and seen as the sex symbol in the 50s. People had eventually mistaken her and actually saw her as that role which eventually sadly got to Marilyn including personal problems. We decided she would be perfect inspiration as she is a female misunderstood before the women’s rights movement as unfortunately passed just before. If we highlighted her key features it could resemble her however in a more modern way. We then used a mirror as Claude Cahun and Cindy Sherman also used one to resemble in different ways femininity.

I firstly flagged and rejected all my images so I can easily organize the possibility of the images I may or may not use and edit. Roughly we created around 250 images.

PHOTOSHOOT

PLAN

My plan is to choose around 8 of my favourite images and edit them in light room first, then move on to photoshop and create some sort of creative collage with different aspects of femininity whilst still relating them to Monroe. My plan is to make my images look as vintage and nostalgic as much as possible as if they look old. This could resemble it a lot more as then it would resemble and highlight her characteristics a lot more.

IMAGE SELECTION

Furthermore, I picked my favourite 8 images and flagged them green so I can easily find and compare my favourite images to ensure they are my preferred ones.