This 1960’s swimwear shoot is the exact style i want to depict within my own work for replicating “The Birth of Venus”. How Turbeville has chosen locations of which really highlight this swimsuit style but creating them to seem much more high end instead of an everyday setting. The images caught my attention initially due to how many models were used for the shoot and additionally, how they were all positioned within the composition. I found how Deborah had used the models almost as layers within the picture to be mostly effective and something i want to consider when planning the shoot to enhance my use of posture, posing and positioning; taking reference from the Renaissance painting.

1960’s swimsuits have a very obvious style to them, along with use of coordinating cover-ups and swimming hats that typically have a floral or similar vibrant pattern to them. Using this era and the styling typically related to it will really help me pull through the theme of pattern balance and possibly, overly exaggerating the pattern. The swimsuits used in this shoot subtly match colourwise but also clash with shape and pattern and this is what i aim to depict in my work so my images are subtle in colour scheme but loud in design. I will also take the number of models showcased in each image to help create the characteristics from the figures shown in the original painting.