These images are from the artists Justine Kurland, Kristina Rozhkova, Ellen Mark and Ramona Wang. All of these images show how girls interact with each other, the “female gaze”. I really like these images because it shows the different interactions with different woman. These images show the connection of feminine energy between all ages of girls. The nature of girls in these images stay the same throughout the ages. In the picture of the 3 girls doing each others hair have a similar feel to the 2 girls doing their makeup together. I really like how in most of these images the girls feel comfortable together and they have a connection of friendship in which they allow each other to feel happy together.

When I create photoshoots for my own personal study, I am going to ensure the girls in the images feel a connection of feminine energy. I am going to take an approach similar to Justine Kurland in the way that she sets up her tableaux photoshoot. I will go to settings where I feel like I have spent my life over the years and I will set up the images in a way that makes female teenagers contradict the stereotype of female roles.

I am also going to be inspired by Ramona Wang, I like her images because it shows the true connections between female friends and how the girls feel empowered together. Her photographs show the detail behind girlhood and the experiences girls go through together. For example the images with the girls in the toilet putting makeup on together, I like how this shows that the girls feel comfortable in their underwear together and they feel as though they are safe around they’re female friends.