My first year 12 Art Major was inspired by the world's constant fascination by beauty. Using my interest in photography and computer art I decided to present my own perception of society's views on beauty. As I further attempted to research my topic the harder it was to find a conclusion, other than the fact that their is no one defintion of beauty. 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder' correctly explains that beauty can be defined only by each individual to themselves. Factors that affect these perceptions are gender, society, age, sexual orientation, up-bringing, interests, trends and celebrities. I then began thinking about not only how we viewed beauty in others, but ourselves. As well as the drastic or simple measures people take to create these ideal perceptions. Using a helpful friend I shot some simple and classic portraits. The style, emotion and composition was all extremely similar in each portrait, however the models hair colour, stlye and cut as well as make-up varied in each shot. After taking some successful shots, which I already found beautiful it was time to edit. Using photoshop, and inspirations of many views of beauty as well as the procedures taken to achieve 'beauty' i drastically edited the photos. Most of them barely resembling the original. For my final presentation I chose four photos, each of them varying in style, colour and emotion, yet each as fascinating as the others.
