Movies

David Hamilton got me thinking of Picnic at Hanging Rock. Then started thinking about other movies that objectify the young female - portraying the woman-child. Most of these movies do this even without making direct sexual references, kind of like how Lolita movies does it.

Picnic @ Hanging Rock, Virgin Suicides, Interview with the Vampire

Some Fashion Images

Hey everyone I just thought I'd post some of the fashion images I have gathered so far.

I'll post some more tonight!!
Alice

we need to include twiggy/mary quant, jap fashion loli, alice in wonderland, sexualisation of youth in fashion, teen waif models and the controversy surrounding this.... etc etc etc

ill post more tonight, need to get back to sewing!

THE LOLITA IN CONTEMPORARY FASHION....

IS IT ART OR PORNOGRAPHY??

THE OBSESSION WITH YOUTH IN CONTEMPORARY FASHION...

corinne day- candid and intimate, the waif

Fashion, like art is a visual language with the kind of history and identity that art has. Corinne Day, born in 1965, is a British photographer whose influence on the style and perception of photography in the early 1990s has been immense. As a self taught photographer, Day brought a more hard edged documentary look to fashion image making, in which she often included biographical elements. Day is known for forming long and close relationships with many of her sitters (most famously Kate Moss), which have resulted in candid and intimate portraits. The most notable of these being the photographs of Moss in the 3rd Summer of Love editorial for the FACE magazine in 1990. Days approach as illustrated within the lifestyle and fashion magazines of the 1990s, came to be known as grunge and grew into an international style.

david hamilton- is it art or pornography??

David Hamilton (born 15 April 1933) is a British photographer, who grew up in London. His schooling was interrupted by World War II. As an evacuee, he spent some time in the countryside of Dorset, which inspired his work. After the war, Hamilton returned to London and finished school before moving to France where he has lived ever since.

His artistic skills began to emerge during a job at an architect's office. At age 20,he moved to Paris, where he worked as graphic designer for Peter Knapp of ELLE magazine. After becoming known and successful, he was hired away from ELLE by Queen magazine in London as art director. Hamilton soon returned to Paris and there became the art director of Printemps, the city's largest department store. Hamilton began photographing commercially while still employed, and the dreamy, grainy style of his images quickly brought him success.

His photographs were in demand by other magazines such as Realites, Twen and Photo. By the end of the 1960s, Hamilton's work had a recognizable style. His further success included many dozens of photographic books with combined sales well into the millions, five feature films, countless magazine publishings and scores of museum and gallery exhibitions.

As much of Hamilton's work depicts early-teen girls, often nude, he has been the subject of some controversy and even child pornography allegations. Hamilton's photographs have long been at the forefront of the "is it art or pornography?" debate.