RESEARCH – VOGUE ITALIA – THE GOLDEN CAGE

VOGUE ITALIA – THE GOLDEN CAGE

 

Research into the shoot as a group was a starting point in bringing our concept more forwards and refining it slightly. There were a lot of elements to this editorial on Wolka Talia called the golden cage however we were more interested in justice beginning segment of it as we feel it related to her work more and therefore didn’t need to look more into the rest of the work.

 

Again such a strong sense of emotion from the model in the shoot; I can sense her facial expression and how it relates to the way her hair falls and the way her make up looks, the vibe that her eyes give off and her surroundings. She looks tired due to the dark colour under her eyes which has been enhanced with make up; her mouth is open and her eyes are looking into the distance therefore she looks like she’s either drifting off off or in a deep thought about something important, her hair is neat and fluffy potentially meaning that she had been up for ages maybe from a dream that’s made her look this distraught or she is trying to escape reality.

 

We were initially drawn to the series because of the actual meaning behind the photographs which was shown on the Vogue Italia’s website, interestingly enough it’s about fitting in society as an individual; relating back to ideas of identity and social constructs which is not entirely obvious from the shoot and therefore made it very interesting to research. We could bring this element to our work by including more subtle themes and having the garments and the props really speak for themselves, up to interpretation.

 

The background is so perfectly constructed, it’s so clean, clearly been tidied and dusted and freshly painted which is evident through the details of the smoothness of the wall, the carefully ironed bedsheets and the minimalistic background. As a result of this, this gives of an almost eerily perfect atmosphere, which brings me back to our ideas of a dollhouse which is obviously publicly constructed for entertainment and visually looks like this image.