An article by the Daily Mail online looking at the worldwide problem of anorexia still being broadcast within the fashion industry

Ahttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1359713/London-Fashion-Week-2011-Skeletal-models-super-sized-hypocrisy.html

Creative Histories and Industries- Session 3 NOTES

Reading- controversies

I found the articles extremely interesting as they really evoke strong feelings within the reader. They challenge morals, laws and the global media frenzy that we now live in today. Are we more educated about what is now happening in our society or had the arts gone a moral step too far? Are the boundaries set by the law? or a an individuals ethics?

GARRY GROSS

This case study in this article I feel is extraordinary the fact that brooke Shields has no rights over an image that was taken of her while she was a minor i think is horrendous. The fact that her mothers signature is what kept Gross his right to publish the photo again if he pleased is staggering. This image contains Brooke shields at a very tender and vulnerable age. Once she had became of an age where she was old enough to understand the impact of these images would have on her she then decided she would like to revoke them. The fact that it went through three court cases and still did not receive any of  the rights to ban the republishing I feel is a let down in the laws that surround this issue. As a parent they are responsible for the child but I feel that this should then be removed once the child then becomes an adult,  so they are then mature enough to manage images of themselves positive or negetive.

This article supports my argument for the images that Sally Mann uses of her children. These children will be bounded to these images for the rest of their lives, something that was not in there control due to there young age and lack of understanding.

FRANK FOURNIERF, Omayra Sánchez, Armero, Columbia, 1985 

This article records a moment in media that sparked worldwide controversy that even causes the photographer to question his judgment of the situation that he'd captured and how he handled it at the time. As the article states reporters are always trying to 'out do' one another, in this case the more shocking the images the bigger the audience. For the reporters this means there will be a bidding war for the images which will bring them more money. Should images of young people suffering be published just to fund someones lifestyle? Or should the public be informed of situations like these? In this article it states that broadcasting situations like this is the utmost importance to keep the public informed, which i agree with. However I believe it should be practiced with some sensitivity especially in a situation as distressing as this one.  If i was personally present I would not be able to stop myself from getting involved if I thought that I could be of some help. To be surrounded by journalists in your last agonising moments of life is like being left to the vultures.

Sally Mann article

It is easy to say that sally mann is somewhat controversial, but is this the reasons behind her photography? Or  is it a genuine fascination of  her own? Sally Mann covers subjects such as nudity and death. But also more shockingly child nudity. 

Sally mann is aware of these taboo's yet feels  strongly enough about the images to still bring them to the public eye. From the article its very clear that her project "what remains" (a gallery of corpses in the stages of decomposition) that she is intrigued by the process of what actually happens to the body during this time. "the skin can turn a beautiful violet colour or resemble something like golden leather."  Its  moments like these where sally mann captures an image, to her this is art, but to others may be a degrading. Should we really celebrate the look of a decomposed body that was previously a person. Or should we remember the life that once came from this being and respect the remains and let nature take its course?

Sally Mann also photographs her family in many different situations and surroundings.  I feel that Sally Mann is publishing photo's that i believe all families own.  But I disagree with the way that she romanticise the prints with hazy seductive finish.  We now live our lives through the world wide web, where communication, and imagery are globally used to connect to one another and in many cases to strangers. The prints that Mann has made could of course been seen and enjoyed by peadophiles.  The fact that Mann is aware of this yet still carries on with her work I find somewhat disturbing. The fact that she is turning her back on a mothers natural instincts to protect her children is I feel irresponsible. i am also angered by the fact that yes these are her children,but what allows her the right to publicise naked pictures off them when they are clearly to young to understand the consequences of her actions. She is not protecting her children's future however she is capable of keeping images of her husband in similar situations private until he is retired as this will have a tremendous impact (positive and negative)on his work and social life. Which I very contradicting.

CHI NOTES:

Kate Walz a hotly tipped designer for 2011

http://princesslasertron.com/2011/08/katewalz/

Gorgeous

Christopher Kane S/S 2012

This is immense!!!!! A catwalk circus event

I have done it!!!! iv made the moved to Bristol and here I am!! Now I'm all moved in I thought Id spend the day getting to know the areas. I spent some time in Clifton Village. it is gorgeous around there and just so quaint. I really enjoyed milling around the shops and going for afternoon tea (and a cheeky cake:p)

I also spent some time throughout the day accounting where creative practice is used-it really is everywhere!! Here are some photo's to show what i found:)

http://www.glogster.com/media/1/2/36/51/2365194.jpg

An image that represents moi :)