sustained investigation #14

I’m calling this project, "reality of celebrities" because I used images of celebrities before and after photoshop. I chose to create this specific work because we often compare ourselves to celebrity photos even though the photos are not real. When I was creating this I had collage in mind. My inquiry question is “How can I show the societal and media pressures on women through my art? I think this is a great piece for what I’m doing my question about because comparing women to celebrities is unrealstic, they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on plastic surgery and still don't look "perfect". I think this message is important to women because it shows even after they have so much cosmetic work done, they still have flaws.

For materials, I used marker and collage. I used collage as a material because I thought it was important to show the difference of them un-photoshopped. While creating this work, I paid close attention to adding facts by researching statistics.

I like the way the message is clear and I am proud of how important it is. However, I struggled with the research as people do not post many facts about photoshop. My work shows that I learned how to incorporate real life issues into my art.