The beginning...

To begin this project, I will be using this blog as a way to reflect upon the journey of my final major project.  I have proposed to create a website as a way of showcasing my work and to present a professional platform for me to progress when leaving university as well.

For my dissertation and practice, I have thoroughly researched upon the concept on the role of image manipulation in the portrayal of beauty within contemporary fashion advertisements. 

I felt this was a relevant subject as this is an ongoing issue within todays society and it seems many are affected in the way they perceive themselves.

As I had already investigated into this topic already, I felt it was only necessary to follow upon this idea into more of an creative practice. Although I created a practice along side my dissertation, I felt I didn't quite portray the right message that I initially thought and felt I could of experimented more. My practice was to show the emotional affects that photo manipulation has upon society. However I feel I could of played upon the idea of manipulation in a more interesting way. But maybe physically manipulating images and mimicking the way advertisements photoshop bodies. For example cutting out and collaging upon the faces and bodies of models etc and defacing the original meaning. Or creating a distorted, eery aspect to the word 'manipulation'.

Therefore, I propose to create a variety of images that reflect photo manipulation in a different way. I will firstly start to experiment with various images by physically manipulating them, by collaging etc as well as experimenting upon photoshop.

For example many beauty and fashion advertisements are edited and photoshopped which can distort the perception of how society see beauty and perfection. Causing lack of self-esteem and obsession with body image. 

I will instead distort the beauty images, by creating a new perception of what the image originally portrayed.

So we had our first meeting as a group today with our tutor Jennifer, it was helpful to go round the group to ask each other what our next step was. I got some helpful ideas from my peers and Jennifer suggested I start to experiment with collaging straight away.

I had already been playing around with some collages beforehand as well.

I liked how distort the faces looked, giving a eery vibe to my concept. As much as I liked the collage, I am still very unsure on my idea and what outcome to produce. But I suppose that is what experiments and practices are for!!