Representation of the Female Body in Photography and New Media: Searching for Up-Dated Naturalness

Student: Lobzova Evgeniia

Supervisor: Varvara Chumakova

Educational Programme: Journalism (Bachelor)

Final Grade: 7

Year of Graduation: 2016

PEPRESENTATION OF FEMALE BODY IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND NEW MEDIA: SEARCHING FOR UP-DATED NATURALNESS Present investigation is intended to describe how Female body is represented in Photography and New Media nowadays. Within the scope of this project I will provide results obtained in searching for up-dated naturalness in body-positive photo projects and how this female natural image is constructed. The hypothesis of actual research: New naturalness is a new attitude to the nature of beauty, it is constructed through representation of socially restricted characteristics of female body. Constructing an image of naturalness in new media can help to expose the Myth of beauty and to overcome the crisis of women's identification in the modern world.

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