This photographer has told a story that already exists, it is the story of Belle from Beauty and the Beast, however this photographer has made the story controversial and almost quite controversial. This photo has been put into the retrospect that despite Belles good heart from her well known story, it isn't enough, and she must be beautiful, and this is the message sent to society through fairy tales, when do you ever see an ugly princess? I love the context of this picture especially due to the fact that not only has Goldstein put a modern spin on an old fairy tale, but she has also incorporated her own print technique. This picture itself never gets boring to me and was very influential for my photo shoot as it was a very capturing photo for me (well theme due to the fact she did a whole portfolio on controversial images like this; Fallen Princesses) and I really wanted to recreate it in my own form, but still using some of the themes.
This is my picture in which Goldstein influenced my photography. I really loved this shoot, the main theme i copied was the idea of a princess and plastic surgery. However I decided to add a woman who was planning her perfection, as this for me created a princess diaries sort of element. In Goldsteins picture she has tried to produce the princess to become quite sexy and appealing to look at in an obvious manner, however i used editing to convey this by making my models eyes bigger and changing their colour to a light green to make them stand out, also having big eyes is a desirable trait with todays society and is looked for it supermodels, this then emphasizes the necessity of beauty in todays society.
Both pictures connect because they have the same theme running through them, the iconic princess beauty which is being tested in these photos. Also we have both used color and the similar costume of a fairy tale dress.
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