My theme as stated before was on societies , in particular , John Berger's idea of glamour , envy and the influence of modern publicity on daily life. The current reality is that we are surrounded by a sea of advertisement for brands and products, many of which portrayed themselves as the thing to be , something desirable and achievable to us, and that we would do much better in our life with them . Whether this is a magnificently delicious looking-photoshoped photo of a big mac , or bikini models with the waist of a broom and legs that stretch for miles , corporations bombard us with this lavish images , turning the modern population into an army of mindless consuming ghouls that would obey the instruction of this capitalistic market of work , buy , consume , enrich without any shred of self-control and recognition.
Extending on this fact , this blog by an unknown author (2014 ,
Glamour and Envy: remarks on the Madness of Consumerism, with John Berger…; Awestruckwanderer.Wordpress; accessed Feb 8, 2017 < https://awestruckwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/glamour-and-envy-remarks-on-the-madness-of-consumerism-with-john-berger/ > ). really highlights the key points of this situation , all the while providing me with some real world example that influenced my image making. In particular, it is the effects of publicity having on the image of a woman, which led to the gym pandemic , plastic surgery and anorexia in the West . The topic of a modern day anorexic that is pushed along by publicity's view of the "desirable look" for woman - i.e slim everything ( prevalent in the fashion industry ) interests me very much.
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