Sunday, April 12, 2015

TOW #25 "And Everything Nice" (Visual)






A recent photo series by photographer Hannah Altman portrays the “unflinching analysis of the standard for female beauty” in a piece titled “And Everything Nice.” She portrays popular photos showing women with their body fluids being replaced with glitter. These pictures include blood, tears, and vomit replaced with glitter to portray the concept of girls invariably needing to seem attractive regardless of the situation they’re in. The intention of these photos is to represent the unreasonable female standard of beauty. The sparkle in the photos stands out, compared to the grotesque nature of the pictures. Altman created the series to raise questions and awareness of the ridiculous standard and to quest the morality. Ever since its posting the project gained over 130,000 likes in less than 24 hours. The photo series made me question the standards held for females today. Altman skillfully shows the beauty of glitter with the pain of perfection to make her piece effective.


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