I played around on Photoshop with one of the images I want to exhibit. Here I have altered the brightness, contrast, shadow and highlights. I wanted Vicky's arm to be the focus and made here profile a lot darker so that you can just see her silhouette. This keeps the figure anonymous which I like, because so many people have distorted views of their bodies, and this image allows any one to be that person. It also hides Vicky's face which links our ideas of wanting to hide because of a fear, and masks.
I spent a lot of time trying to make the background all the same tone, so that the shadows were not visible, but my Photoshop skills are not strong enough for it to look professional and slick, so I just left it how it was. I really like how textured her arm looks. This is a backlash to how smooth and pristine skin looks in the media. After not seeing this over the weekend, I am glad I left the background how it is, as shadows have been really important throughout my project, and to get rid of them now wouldn't reflect that.
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