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Fashion love photography8/3/2023 ![]() Related (sell the magazine, brand identity, possible budget reductions thanks to the possibility of retouching etc.). I would like to analyse the issue from 2 different perspectives:ġ- industry professionals (editors, photographers, stylists.) whose interest is mainly business It's a neverending dabate on which there are so many different opinions about. "Should Fashion Magazines Be Forced to Disclose Photographic Manipulation?" I spoke to my supervisor again and I finally chose my topic, that is to say my research question: You really gave me great and interesting suggestions. Thank you so much for all your replies, I didn't expect them to be so many and accurate. For the research, i was thinking to interview experts in the fashion photography field such as editors, photographers, art directors and ask about the standard requirements of a fashion shot, how much retouching/editing is required, how much freedom is given to photographers when shooting (since in almost all fashion commercials models look the same, same pose, face, attitude.) and if they specifically aim to perfection/unreal.As for the customers, I was thinking to conduct a survey to see if they are happy with what they see on the magazines, if they would like to see something closer to reality, what is the first thing they notice in a fashion photo (the model, the item, the context) etc.Does it make sense to you? because this thesis has to be related to management issues such as branding, marketing.and mine would be fashion photography as a means to brand and identity. In doing this, customers' buying behaviour is influenced by the ideal of perfection, dream, spectacle and having an identity (what clothes represent) rather than the clothes as simple garments. I was thinking to write about the fact that fashion photography today is more about selling dreams, an identity and the unreal rather than the clothes, and the main way to do it is through editing, retouching and aiming to perfection. Thank you all for your suggestions!i've talked to my supervisor and he suggested to write about the lack of originality in fashion photography nowadays, referring mainly to the mainstream magazines like Vogue, Elle.i must say this is quite true if you look at the commercial shots (not editorial spreads), same pose, perfect faces, a lot of editing that leads to perfection, unreal images. ![]() If not, perhaps you're not motivated by the field you are in. Surely you must have enough passion to find your own topic (of which there are thousands). Or how fashion images have become surreal because editing software allows a photographer or designer to do as much processing as the mind can come up with. Or how Hollywood has influenced and made fashion photography more elaborate, comparing the simple cocktail party images of the 60's and 70's to today's fashion photography, like Annie Leibovitz, and what her editors think of her budgets. Or study how images are more the product of the photographer and designer's eye, instead of just about the model, now that photos can be edited. Or how the disruptive technology of DSLRs has changed the way shoots are done, and possibly degraded the quality of images. Or how photography reflects contemporary lifestyles, from lighting to color to point of view. If I had the time, and I was in your shoes, I'd love to spend the time to understand how celebrity fashion influenced photography, like Jackie O's De LaRenta gowns, and how the press photographed them, or the same with the current first lady. I love fashion photography, and fashion in general. Is there not a subject that you are absolutely passionate about? Do you have to conduct research, or do you want to conduct research? Nina, I'm having trouble understanding how you could be a graduate student and not have several ideas that are near and dear to your heart. ![]()
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