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This series of work deals with the pressures females hold in society in looking the ideal image. I worked with several beauty therapy students on this project and got each one of them to select a beauty ad from high profile magazines, in which they most aspired to want to look like. I then worked with my subjects in this montaged way, where I was able to transform them into the aspired icons they chose. Being a female myself I believe there is a great deal of pressure upon females to look a certain way. Not only do we aspire to look like these beautiful models that feature in these glossy magazines , but several of us conform to this ideology by choosing a career path that surrounds us with the same pressures to conform.
© Carla Smith 2012
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