Girls, Girls, Girls

From doing a lot of research into portraits in my Representation project, it reminded me of an exhibition that I visited a few years ago - Women of Our Time: Twentieth–Century Photographs from the National Portrait Gallery 


"This critically acclaimed exhibition is a stunning collection of photographic portraits of women whose brilliance, courage, style, and unflagging spirit have helped shape America as we know it." - National Portrait Gallery website

For me personally, this exhibition was incredibly inspiring as a woman, to do exactly what I want, when I want to do it. The empowerment of women is so important to our lives today, and this exhibition really put it into perspective. My favourite image that was up, was the picture of Marilyn Monroe, because she, to me, is one of the most inspiring women of all time. She is sexy, elegant and inspirational to everyone. In each image, the composition shows the woman in the centre of the frame, so that the eye is drawn directly to them, rather than to anything else in the image. It is almost like the women are empowering the images themselves, rather than being in a vulnerable state, like in a lot of photographs.