Does This Photo Shoot Glamorize Violence?
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2012/06/20 21:21:46
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This might be one of the most disturbing, distasteful things we’ve ever seen. A Bulgarian fashion magazine recently featured a photo shoot of models who appear bloodied, bruised, slashed, punched and burnt, with the tagline, “Victim of Beauty.”
But if the images make you think of domestic violence, the editor-in-chief of 12 Magazine says that’s your own sick mind at work. “This shoot was left without an introductory text, thus allowing everybody to translate it the way they want,” editor-in-chief Huben Hubenov told The New York Daily News. “A lot of people read ‘domestic violence’ in those pictures, but it is their mind who came up with that explanation of the shoot, not ours."
Hubenov adds: “And if they took the time to actually examine the photographs, instead of superficially jumping to [conclusions], they would’ve seen girls who look at us strongly, who look confident, who are above the wounds, above everything. They are independent.”
Others strongly disagree. “Violence against women exists way too frequently in real life for us to want to look at it in a fashion magazine,” blogger Cheryl Wischhover wrote on Fashionista, joining a chorus of other outraged bloggers. However, some readers called the shoot beautiful and “thought-provoking.” What do you think? Do these photos glamorize violence?
But if the images make you think of domestic violence, the editor-in-chief of 12 Magazine says that’s your own sick mind at work. “This shoot was left without an introductory text, thus allowing everybody to translate it the way they want,” editor-in-chief Huben Hubenov told The New York Daily News. “A lot of people read ‘domestic violence’ in those pictures, but it is their mind who came up with that explanation of the shoot, not ours."
Hubenov adds: “And if they took the time to actually examine the photographs, instead of superficially jumping to [conclusions], they would’ve seen girls who look at us strongly, who look confident, who are above the wounds, above everything. They are independent.”
Others strongly disagree. “Violence against women exists way too frequently in real life for us to want to look at it in a fashion magazine,” blogger Cheryl Wischhover wrote on Fashionista, joining a chorus of other outraged bloggers. However, some readers called the shoot beautiful and “thought-provoking.” What do you think? Do these photos glamorize violence?
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♥K14 2012/06/20 21:43:16
the fact that all the pictures are of middle aged women, and the time period we live in now, it does kind of lead you to the conclusion of thinking about domestic violence
and nothing else to see.
I've seen domestic violence on my own sister, and I wouldn't want her hanging her head because of it. She used her marks to show people her situation (and she made sure the guy's family knew as well), and actions were taken against him--he was banned from where she works, among other things.
It should not be taken any other way besides the out there fashion magazine idea.
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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Because as far as I can see it, it's showing a bunch of beautiful injured women who are trying to stay strong through tough times. It has an underlying feeling of sadness, in the defiant eyes.
This is not glamorized.
On the other hand, these women could also be warriors and these could be depicting battle injuries. I think this is open to interpretation.
edited because I clicked the wrong answer.
This is art...there is supposed to be a reaction. I like art that makes me feel and think..whether its positive or negative. As long as no people or animals are being harmed for real though.
Anyway, art (pictures) can mean anything you want it to mean. None of them are smiling so I wouldn't say it glamorizes violence against women. Without background, I would say that the pictures were a way to say how people who have been wounded mentally or physically can get back up and still be beautiful.
lol I Should hope my view says more about me, I can see it for what it is, a person who hates women and enjoys the violence done to them. And theat view dear is shared by more then your view. But the only view you enjoy is black and blue.