For this photoshoot, my initial idea was to go to the woods and experiment with different poses to produce a variety of images with contrasting backstories. I then felt like I could relate this photoshoot to how girl’s lives were before social media and the internet through the vibrant colourful clothing, and smiling faces.

Edited images:

I really liked this photoshoot, because I felt it worked really well in the woods as it shows how nature can contrast with social media. I also tried to portray a clear understanding of the difference of girls when they’re on social media, compared to when they’re not. Here we can see that the subjects are wearing bright colours, and seem more natural than they would online. This also shows a clear sense of community between the girls.

Evaluation:

For these photographs, I wanted to convey an idea around life before social media, and show the contrast between my photoshoots and the development of teenage girls as social media grows and becomes an addiction.

In the 1950s, smoking was seen as the epitome of cool and glamour throughout industrialised nations. Cigarettes were originally sold as expensive handmade luxury goods for the urban elite. I wanted to present this idea myself through the subjects smoking, as it shows a clear idea that this photoshoot is supposedly meant to be of time before social media. As social media has grown, smoking has become socially unacceptable and there is now recognition of tobacco use as an addiction and cause of cancer, along with concerns about the ill-effects.

Through the use of social media, this information is easy access and has been spread around the world, therefore the rates of smoking is decreasing.