Lookbook
In this body of work, I have explored and investigated the excessive artificiality of glamour photographs. Professional fashion model photo shoots require a process of intense cosmetics, set design, modeling, photography, and editing. The amount of artificial work that has been put into these glamorous images, both physically and digitally, create illusions that translate into real life. The public begins desiring to portray themselves similarly to these 'artificial' images, which can potentially require more artificial effort. This can result in a cycle of more consumption of cosmetic products, clothing items, and even plastic surgery. From my experience, this phenomena seems to occur more frequently in contemporary East Asia.
I have decided to create a lookbook portfolio of myself. This experimentation process replicates the processes that may be used in a typical fashion photo shoot using artificial lighting in a controlled environment. I then went through heavy editing and transformation processes in order to push the limits of artificiality.
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