Re: [Leica] Re: what do you shoot in the wintertime?

[Patrick Jelliffe <pbjbike@yahoo.com>]

- --- Martin Howard <mvhoward@mac.com> wrote:


But why do models never smile?

> 
> Actually, I think it goes back to the
> objectification issue mentioned 
> before.  The non-smiling, blank, posed, perfectly
> lit, smooth-skinned 
> beauty, bereft of all individualistic detail (such
> as smile lines) 
> reinforces the image of inapproachable (yet
> superficial) perfection, 
> objects of desire out of reach of mortals.  The
> perfect canvas onto 
> which it is possible to project whatever emotion,
> sentiment, or fantasy 
> the viewer cares to.
> 
> And perhaps that's what fashion is all about: the
> conjuring up of that 
> alluring, just-out-of-reach sensation of
> minute-fresh style, a 
> half-mirror to reflect a superimposed image of a
> noveau-you, sandwiched 
> together with the latest non-descript superficiality
> of unattainable 
> perfection.  It's desire, with a "best before"
> sticker slapped across 
> it.
> 
> M.


Well spoken and thoughtful, Martin.  You've nailed
that subject and there is no rejoinder from this
quarter.

Patrick




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