Last minute Research of Females portrayed in the Media..

Low down of my final project:

Basically, with this second semester project, I decided to work through the portrayal of models (mainly females) and identity, in the media.

I came across this idea while researching Portraiture, I found that the mass media uses the same models over and over again, you know them by face value, their superficial identity is all that keeps them going. One of the tasks I did in my workbook was defacing a magazine photo shoot, with Kate Moss. To me, she is nothing without her "looks" and the time is coming when people will only associate models with their face value, and to the point where they will become nameless human coat-hangers.

I decided to portray my opinion/take on "the mass media identity crisis" using photography, because it's commonly used by the mass media as a tool, and I feel repetition is a powerful thing when used properly.

My images are subtle, I used the typical high-fashion photo shoot idea, modeling what everyone seems to wear these days.
In the starting image, the facial features are clearer, she is her own image.
Gradually, the features on the model's face disappear, which symbolizes the lack of identity due to repetition of images in mass media.
3 images, two sets, 6 images in total
repeated 64 or more times

I alternate the patterns to show that mass media comes in different forms, but the aim of the content remains the same, to widely stretch an image or a product, eventually it loses all meaning.

Project Location..

Final shots, ready to figure out how i'm going to present them, and my idea of repetition..

I'm thinking repitition of these six images will create the effect i'm going for..
each set of three repeated over a space maybe..

Some final shots..

Gradually losing facial features = loss of what makes a model a model, her beauty.
Her beauty = her identity.

My final Project Drawing "Project":

For my final project I have decided to work with the idea of how the female body and identity is portrayed in the media.

My thoughts are that models and icons are overused so much. They lose their identity and become nothing more than a blank face, superficial, edited and altered to suit the mood at the time. Continuous repetition and eventually the complete loss of identity.
Everyone knows who Kate Moss is, but only because they see her face plastered over magazine covers.

I will recreate typical fashion shoots, but the face in each image will gradually vanish - showing that identity is nothing but a 1 minute wonder, and i'm still deciding whether or not to have the same images repeated over a stretch of wall, to show how powerful mass media and duplication can be.

Now i'll be working on getting my final photos, that's the next step!