slut march take 3

So i thought about making it less sexy, and more grungey..... what do you think?

with or without the words? I need help!

slut march take 2

so since my photo shoot earlier on today, i've been playing with the idea of layering text over the images. However, this isn't just any text, they're confessions from survivors of sexual assault. I think i've just found my project title: Confessions.

Slut march inspired photography project

For my third year and final major project I wanted to do something along the lines of sexual assault, and empowering survivors. After many attempts at different ideas I stumbled upon 'Slut march' an organisation that marches through towns in order to protest against slut shaming. In this day and age if a  woman is sexually assaulted the court makes it out as though it's her fault, due to her skirt being too short of her boobs hanging out. I wanted to create a series of images that embraces the female sexuality whilst helping bring to light a good cause.

My friend Juliette Cule wrote a fantastic article recently about 'reclaim the night' which is another organisation that allows women to walk the streets wearing scantily clad clothing with banners that read "my dress is not a yes" and "consent is sexy".

"as one sign clearly stated - the difference between sex and rape? Consent. Until this very straightforward fact is national consensus, we will continue to unite and reclaim the night." 

- Juliette Cule 

You can find Juliette's article here: http://belle-jar.com/2012/11/18/feminists-unite-reclaim-the-night/

At the end of the day, why should we as women change how we dress? Rape is a crime, and no matter what a woman is wearing it should never be ok. 

Below is a sneak peak of my project so far.. keep a look out for more to come!

Autumn

random shots of autumn, my favourite season <3

some snaps from home!

I took some photos of the view from my dads flat in London whilst I was at home over the summer, and tonight I decided to play around with them, so here's a few that I liked the best!

nothing special! But I am currently working on my next project so keep an eye out for all the exciting things to come..

Emma Wood textiles photo shoot

I've been busy photographing Emma Wood's stunning lampshades! Here's a sneak preview as to how it went..

ickle bambino

My beautiful unborn god daughter did a fantastic job in this shoot. I cannot wait to meet her, but here's a sneak peak of how the shoot went..

Hair photography - June (title to be confirmed)

So for this last shoot I decided to use one model who was able to style his hair into multiple different styles. Below are the best images from each look..

This is the last shoot i'll be doing for my hair photography for this term, I'm undecided as to whether i'm pleased with my work or not, but i'm definitely still learning! onwards and upwards we go :)

Hair photography - winter sun

I wanted to make the most of this beautiful weather and so for December's issue we have 'winter sun'.... 

Hair photography - Hollywood glamour

I wasn't too sure at first about the photographs from this shoot, i'm running out of time with uni projects and I need to get them done and dusted so that my graphic designer can work on the magazine... stressed is not the word!! but these are my favourites, not some of my best work but still ok i think..?

Hair photography - if you go down to the woods today you'll find a big surprise..

a woodland hair shoot where I wanted to portray crazy wild unruly hair! A big thank you to charlotte and will for having a mud bath..

Hair photography - 'British summer'

It was originally going to be titled 'indian summer' but the weather in carlisle recently changes every 5 minutes. I was lucky enough on this shoot to have the sun shining, and it raining all at the same time, but 20 minutes later it started to hail!

Book publishing 'Her story'

So we have a module this year where we have to create our own book, and so i've decided to write about significant events in a girls childhood that lead her to where she is now. The ones taken in the room are how it was, and the ones taken outside is how 'she' felt, alone, lost, no one around to help. I think I portrayed it quite well? I had a special effects make up artist to re-create bruises and cuts and he did a really great job! Here are a few of my favourites:

a big big thank you to my bestest chum for getting half naked, in the middle of a country road, in winter!

Hair photography 'Back to school'

So this ended up being a VERY last minute photo shoot but it was so much fun! I just got my models to mess around, rebel and play and the photographs I got were awesome. It was so hard to find my favourites, but here a few for you lovely people to see..

A big thank you to my models, I hope you had fun!

Hair photography 'Alternative society'

I wanted to do a shoot which portrayed the hairstyles of those who stand out in society. The majority of us are very safe with our hair, and I wanted to portray some crazy, out there colours and cuts, so here are a few from todays shoot:

'prom queen' hair photography shoot

So my general theme for this was backstreet, prom queen type look. I wanted it to look out of place. A beautiful maiden, within a dirty, messy scenario. Prom queen with a twist? 

The next set are for the same theme, but due to rain they're in a different location :( still worked out ok though!...