This photomontage is a 3 quarter profile of a young woman's face and neck, with a dark black background that surrounds this special portrait. The composer presents the subject in this photo with a little smile, as well as different facial parts which makes this portrait unique and odd for example; the size of the eyes and nose are exaggerated and doesn't provide that balance that you commonly see in another people face. The subject of the photo also shows an unusual hair style, which can be best described as a traditional Japanese hairstyle, however there's a caption at the bottom of the photo which states: 'German Girl'.
I believe that Hoch was attempting to challenge the media, in terms of their interpretations of the perfect/normal German woman. By using different facial parts to make this photo montage, I believe that Hoch is questioning the norms of what is beautiful; which reflect the social standards that were presented during the early 1900's. Basically the woman in this photo looks idiotic and in this sense, the composer makes fun of what is considered normal femininity.
Source: http://m0theye5.wordpress.com/
No comments:
Post a Comment