I have decided to use this as my final image as it is something that means a lot to me personally (having three younger sisters). I think that more people need to be made aware of what true beauty is, “true beauty” is not something that little girls should be aspiring to achieve through the images of mass media, especially from companies as big as disney.
In order to create this image I found an image of “disney princess’s” on google images. I then put the image into photoshop. I first attempted to make a Kruger inspired banner but then decided against it as it did not work well with the image colours. I experimented with a number of font but then decided to download a “disney title” font. I used the blue colour as the Disney opening titles for the films are blue and white.
This image was inspired by the work of Barbara Kruger. I used the Iconic red text box with white text as this stood out really well against the black and white background. I chose the text “Fuck photoshop we’ve always been better without it” as I felt that it was impacting. I originally used “women don’t need photoshop” but I didn’t think it was eye catching. I feel that using an expletive in this way is more impacting as it catches the eye.
This is my favourite image as I think it shows naturally beautiful women who too me look better than the supermodels we see on the front of magazines, because they actually look like real women. I have chosen to use iconic figures from the 50s-60s in these because photoshop didn’t exist then.