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collection of photo shoots inspired by the historic, contemporary, yet ever-changing traditional and

stereotypical media representations of women.

Housewife

nd women are bound to the power of a man because visual impressions have been elevated to the position of holding the key to a womans psychic well-being, social success, and indeed to whether or not they will be loved.

Model: Jessica Grace Bradley MUA: Jodie Strachen

Cabbie Chic

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omen were made to take on job roles they had previously been told they werent capable of. These jobs included building and engineering, roles seen then and even now, as very masculine jobs.

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Models: Gemma Mae Kirkham James William Hutchinson MUA: Samantha Lyann

Working Woman

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ounger women of today dont instantly consider the role of housewife to be an option for them; they believe working will be a continuous part of adulthood. For many today this idea is not seen as unfamiliar or unfitting.

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Model: Rebecca Welsby MUA: Robyn Padgett

Do It Yourself

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en like to be the dominant and powerful figures; this way they feel comfortable and in control. Real women can become a threat to the power men sustain within relationships and society.

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Model: Kate Wood

Who Wears The Trousers?

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asculine clothing has become a source of inspiration for womens clothing through history and very much into modern day, this is a generation where woman very much do wear the trousers.

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Model & MUA: Abbie Beautement

While We Are Young

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hildren become aware of their gender around the age of 6. They then start to imitate a gender role, influenced by their social experiences, their parents and the media. Who we become as an adult is partially influenced by we have seen and the experiences we have had as a child.

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Models: Libby & Lauren

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Designed and printed in the UK Leeds College of Art Blenheim Walk, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 9AQ Designed by Niall Cruickshank-Sutton ~ +44 (0) 7817 229 265 nmcruickshank@gmail.com www.cruickshankdeisgn.co.uk Photography by Becci Short ~ +44 (0) 7902 023 652 beccishortphotography@gmail.com www.beccishortphotogrpahy.co.uk

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nd so she comes to consider the surveyor and the surveyed within her as the two constituent yet always distinct elements of her identity as a woman. John Berger

Model: Lauren Jay Carrington MUA: Liza Mooney

Becci Short
Photography www.beccishortphotography.co.uk