Continuation of work

This photograph represents my vision of the stereotype. In this case, a stereotype of a blond, of a secretary.
This look is often portrayed in films, or cheap easy-to-read love novels for women, often written by females.

I have used one of images from this set of photographs for my final photographs.

In comparison to the previous image, I have decided to include another self-portrait. This one, however, is of me, how I normally look.

This self-portrait is actually me. At that precise moment that was me. Even though I look the same, I will never be the same as I was at that particular time, because changes, big or small, happen in us all the time, even if we do not notice.

I have also included one of the images from this set to my final selection of photographs.

What I tried to show is that I am still the same person, yet by simply changing my hair, make-up and clothes I have created different people, as the way you look is the way you are treated by people.

We are full of stereotypes, views, opinions. We only consider one thing pretty, not willing to accept anything different, and to challenge that was very interesting, to show that looks is not everything, that it doesn't say anything about us, particularly through photographs, yet it is what we look at in magazines, on TV, in films, and we believe it, and wish we could have it.

Process of work

The photograph in this post have been inspired by a book by Vladimir Nabokov, which has also been made into a film, called Lolita.
It is a story of a middle-aged man who likes young girls, nimphets, and about his relationshit with one, Lolita.

I have tried to capture a look of an innocent girl in this photograph. however I wonder, what is innocent? Is a child innocent, I'd say yes. Is a teenager?Is a girl?

I have decided not to include a photographs from this set of photographs in my final images, as I feel it doesn't work as well as some other photographs I have taken, as I feel it doesn't fit in very well because of aiming at a look of a younger girl, while the rest of images show grown ups.

Process of work

I have continued photographing myself in different characters, taking influence from films, books and fashion.

The first photographs presented in this post are influenced by Audrey Hepburn's photographs, particularly by the ones taken on the set of the film Sabrina, and other strong-contrast portraits of her.

These are the photographs of her that I have taken inspiration from:

These are my photographs inspired by photographs of Audrey Hepburn:

I have used the top two photographs as my final photographs. I have taken them using black-&-white film.