Sociology is the study of society. I am a social photographer.
I study people. The media places great pressure on us to aspire to the ideologies of the ruling class.
Just as the lower classes’ of the past photographed themselves in an alternative setting than that of their real life, we still today create false realities for ourselves through the way we present our familial photographs.
I have taken the example of a wedding. We dress in elaborate and expensive clothes, in a venue which holds no other relevance to us personally. We then return to our daily lives and live happily ever after? The purpose of this project is to juxtapose the utopian wedding image with the realities of a marriage. It isn’t always happy. It isn’t always beautiful. It doesn’t always last.
I study people. The media places great pressure on us to aspire to the ideologies of the ruling class.
Just as the lower classes’ of the past photographed themselves in an alternative setting than that of their real life, we still today create false realities for ourselves through the way we present our familial photographs.
I have taken the example of a wedding. We dress in elaborate and expensive clothes, in a venue which holds no other relevance to us personally. We then return to our daily lives and live happily ever after? The purpose of this project is to juxtapose the utopian wedding image with the realities of a marriage. It isn’t always happy. It isn’t always beautiful. It doesn’t always last.
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