Visual Journal Development

Whilst watching the MissRepresentation documentary, the idea of role models was briefly presented. They offered that young girls and women find role models wherever they can, do not settle for the people that are being presented to you already. This led me to start thinking about role models and women that promoted positivity, self-love, and body positivity. I decide to integrate this into part of my journal as I believe seeing people accept themselves no matter what shape or size, is a step towards the women of society being able to accept themselves and shrug off the notion that their is only one definition of beauty.

I also decided to look at presenting the woman as a literal object. Something that is used or to be looked at on a daily basis. This in turn led to a brief exploration of framing the female. Frames are used to house pictures, something that is to be looked at. Combining female body parts and female imagery into frames allows us to understand how a woman is put on a pedestal and regarded as something to be looked at rather than an actual person.