I have personally arranged a photo shoot on 18/02/2017 with my model, a 22-year-old young woman.
Although both pictures were in the magazine pages initially, after deciding that Miss Portrayed does not show any woman’s face, so as to keep the model’s identity hidden, it was mutually agreed that they should be replaced. However, an edited version of the first picture made it to the online version of the magazine, here.
Photo used in the online version of the magazine
Using Apple’s MegaPhoto App, the image was edited in order to represent fragmented personalities and to follow the magazine rule: no full-body pictures and no identity will be revealed in the publication. This is because our magazine believes looks are ephemeral and do not mean as much as the current media makes it out to be.
The next photography session took place on 20/03/2017 in the university photo studio, supervised by Robbie Munn. Wanting to physically show the pressure of social media on individuals, we took inspiration from this image:
The above image was found on Pinterest, and is taken from TV Programme One Tree Hill, starring actress Brooke Davis.
This is the first version of the photograph, but it was later altered: the shadows behind were edited out and it was also cropped in order to follow the ‘no full-face’ rule.
This was the final photograph, which was used in the final projects catalogue.
The following photo shoot was on 4/04/2017, involving three other models in the same university studio.
These were the pictures that were ultimately featured in the print magazine, after being edited, blended together or fragmented, so as to fit within the visual agenda of the project:
As part of our visual agenda, we decided to take a close-up picture of stretch marks/cellulite to have as a double page spread so as to represent how closely women are being looked at, but at the same time to show our audience that stretch marks are common and something that we should not be ashamed of. The photo was taken on 18/04/2017.
To go with the same theme of being closely looked at, I also created a collage with lots of eyes, inspired by a collage found on Pinterest.
On 18/04/2017, I used a black A3 piece of paper as a background, cut out eyes of different shapes and sizes in a circular shape and glued them on.
The group agreed on having an “Upcoming Issues” page on the Miss Portrayed Magazine website, so another photo shoot took place on 2/05/2017 in order to come up with a front cover for the hypothetical second issue of the publication.
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