Photo by Dominique James.
What's wrong with this picture? Nothing, you might say. But the people who know photography sees what's been done here, whether it be right, wrong, or even designed to be aesthetically pleasing. Recently in greenbelt, they held the "Campaign for real beauty". They even held the lines "Dark, or Dazzling", "Aging or Ageless", "Flat or Flattering", and the ubiquitous "Extra-large or extra sexy". I try not to be a bigot but i think its gonna be both. A woman could be dark, but still dazzling. Naks. Making one choose between the two makes you feel a bit like a hypocrite. Back to the picture.
Everybody's seen big brother right? The two people above are both famous for being "cass" and "uma" from big brother. They don't look as good as when they're both on tv while they entertain us. In this picture, they're both overexposed. Now, why is that? It defies the conventions of being proud of your heritage. They're brown. They should be. Why are they almost unrecognizable with this picture basing it from big brother? Well, that's where "art" set in. But it is with great humiliation that with art comes lightness of the skin. When trying to apply glamour on the photos means adding exposure compensation or even artificial light in order to make it look "glamorous". This is not a personal attack on the photographer. Maybe i'm barking on the wrong tree. Maybe i should be attacking the whole environment for that matter.
No comments:
Post a Comment