Cultural Identity Photoshoot

For this assignment we were asked to shoot a photograph that portrayed a certain cultural identity, whether it be ethnicity, food, social groups, ect. For my photo I wanted to portray how young girls look up to barbie as a idol or a role model. I also wanted to show that since they do look up to her, they try to immitate her look, such as the blonde hair, blue eyes, and perfect body. In order to portay my idea I put a long blonde wig on my model who originally has  short black hair. I wanted to show that she  was trying to be like barbie, however she knows that she looks nothing like her.The elements of design that I used were contrast, emphasis, and balance. Overall I feel that the piece sucessfully portayed my idea because you can see that the emotion on my models face is one of sorrow, and the dark lighting above also helped the emotion. The photo is also sucessful because since the focus is on the barbie as well as the bright lighting surrounding it, it gives off the feeling of importance and admiration.