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Sunday, March 16, 2008
Models: Lily Donaldson, Kinga Rajzak, & Guinevere Van Seenus
Vogue Paris October 2007
Photography by Steven Klein
I like this series of photoshots from Vogue Magazine. Unlike any other magazine photoshots, these photos do not depict how wonderful or goegeous those models are, but instead, they show us the twisted, decadent lives of the models behind the runway. Ironically, the models who are posing for these photos are also well known and skinny, like Lily Donaldson, and are most likely to fit into this stereotype.
The first photo shows a model entering the supermarket on the wheelchair. This is trying to suggest that their legs are so presious that they should be used only when are are paid for, like catwalks on the runway. Walking is too much exercise and energy wasting for them, since they do not really eat, as suggested by the 2nd and 3rd pictures. They last picture shows that the models are giving unfriendly glare to the camera, which interprets:
"Skinny goddesses who look better than you any day, that's us."
The colours used are very cold, mostly blue and green. This is trying to depict how un-humanly they from our point of view are; and how they are different from people like us from theirs. The pale and overly painted faces also suggest that everything negative of theirs is hidden under the glamorous masks which every girls wanted so much.
The clothes that the models are wearing are very silimar to the background in terms of colours and tones. This may suggest that the models are just like the grocery products at the supermarket. They, (both the products and models) are packaged nicely on the outside to grab attentions from the people so that they would buy them (the grocery, designer products).
The subject matters may be exaggerated, but i think this is done to stand out the theme of the photoshots. The ironicalness, using models to critise models, is interesting and attention grabbing. It makes people who read Vogue magazine (who are fashion concious) to double think if they are one of the fashion victims who worships the glorified models.
Vogue Paris October 2007
Photography by Steven Klein
I like this series of photoshots from Vogue Magazine. Unlike any other magazine photoshots, these photos do not depict how wonderful or goegeous those models are, but instead, they show us the twisted, decadent lives of the models behind the runway. Ironically, the models who are posing for these photos are also well known and skinny, like Lily Donaldson, and are most likely to fit into this stereotype.
The first photo shows a model entering the supermarket on the wheelchair. This is trying to suggest that their legs are so presious that they should be used only when are are paid for, like catwalks on the runway. Walking is too much exercise and energy wasting for them, since they do not really eat, as suggested by the 2nd and 3rd pictures. They last picture shows that the models are giving unfriendly glare to the camera, which interprets:
"Skinny goddesses who look better than you any day, that's us."
The colours used are very cold, mostly blue and green. This is trying to depict how un-humanly they from our point of view are; and how they are different from people like us from theirs. The pale and overly painted faces also suggest that everything negative of theirs is hidden under the glamorous masks which every girls wanted so much.
The clothes that the models are wearing are very silimar to the background in terms of colours and tones. This may suggest that the models are just like the grocery products at the supermarket. They, (both the products and models) are packaged nicely on the outside to grab attentions from the people so that they would buy them (the grocery, designer products).
The subject matters may be exaggerated, but i think this is done to stand out the theme of the photoshots. The ironicalness, using models to critise models, is interesting and attention grabbing. It makes people who read Vogue magazine (who are fashion concious) to double think if they are one of the fashion victims who worships the glorified models.