"For my thesis project I wanted to do sort of social commentary series on how a person's environment (social, religious, political, cultural, etc.) affects their body image. It would be a series of diptychs (two images paired together) where each model would be photographed two different ways. The first would be the model in their everyday clothing, just like whatever they would wear on a normal day. And then the partner piece to that would be the model wearing an amount of clothing representative of how comfortable they are with their body. It would be kind of like an "on a scale of 1 to 10" thing; where 1 would be completely uncomfortable with their body and wearing as much clothing as possible, and 10 would be completely comfortable with their body and wearing as little as possible to nothing at all (if the model feels comfortable doing that).
I also want to interview my models and just ask them a series of questions about what elements of their environment have shaped their body image and in what ways and degrees. The interviews would then be used for exhibition to couple with the images."
I have a lot of work ahead of me, but I'm excited to see how everything turns out. Feel free to comment and give me some feedback!
© Tyler Jackson Photography 2011
