I have been experimenting with creating Gifs by slightly editing each of my photographs to replicate movement when put together. I have been very interested in 1930s – 1940s hair and beauty gadgets as many look like Sci-Fi / torture methods which I found interesting as they are designed to improve / help appearance rather than damage it. To create this moving image I did portrait shots of my model and used photoshop to edit old fashioned hair curling and drying gadgets on to the image. I then used the blur tool on photoshop to manipulate the models hair and the wires for each photo and create the movement. I photographed, styled and did the makeup for this shoot myself. I wanted the ‘gif’ to look as though the model is getting electrocuted, which is why the movements are so fast and the main part of the image that moves is the models hair.

Model: Lauren Heward