I found this to be interesting...

Dragan

In my daily search for artists who ply their trade so much better than i do I came across this. I found it to be an amazing example of the new photographers art. I thought people here might be interested as it depicts "powerful women throughout history".

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/12-powerful-women-throughout

hatetherain!

Amazing pics!:)

ztoical

Not a style of art that I'm into but I can appreciate the work gone into the pieces. Found the overall look a little over worked.

Dragan wrote: »

"powerful women throughout history".

I would question the choice of women, like Marie Antoinette or Alexandra Romanov wouldn't be on my list of powerful women.

Macha

Amazing artistry but all portrayed as young, sexualised and physically perfect (to today's standards)...

I like this one: it's the idea of Fallen Princesses:

http://jpgmag.com/stories/11918

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Dragan wrote: »

In my daily search for artists who ply their trade so much better than i do

Oh, don't be so modest Dragan, I dig your pictures.

Jules

I'm amazed Joan of Arc is not included there. Beautiful pictures, strong and powerful and extremely feminine.

pickarooney

Airbrushed models and overuse of photoshop - as far away from the spirit of powerful woman of history as I could imagine. Not for me.

Sexy

pickarooney wrote: »

Airbrushed models and overuse of photoshop - as far away from the spirit of powerful woman of history as I could imagine. Not for me.

Thought much the same myself and not sure about some of the choices either.

JC 2K3

Looks like CGI...

Dragan

JC 2K3 wrote: »

Looks like CGI...

Personally i love the whole "unreal reality thing", using it a lot at the moment in digital art and comic work....lots of fun.

With regard to the actual models used...as mentioned...yes...all the extreme of the "modern idea of sexy" i guess. I'd love to be able to have a chat with the photog himself...ask him about his choices and if there was a "power = sexy" equation or if it was simply the fact that people WILL look at your photos a lot more if you have hot women in them.

Expect me to sell out anyday.:D

Maddison

Am loving those pics....they dont look as if they are photographs though.

Lockstep

Elizabeth Bathory?
she was one twisted woman.


Disappointed that the photos lack Constance Marciewicz.

Now there was a powerful woman.

Macha

Dragan wrote: »

Personally i love the whole "unreal reality thing", using it a lot at the moment in digital art and comic work....lots of fun.

Expect me to sell out anyday.:D

I have to say Dragan, I much prefer your work - just amazing photography. Sexy Women is an easy angle: your stuff is much less obvious.

metaoblivia

I like the concept, but stylistically it doesn't work for me. For the most part, I loved the make up and costuming (I'm dig a bit of drama), but the backgrounds, airbrushing and abuse of Photoshop didn't appeal to me.

skywards

I thought that was really cool. Then again, I love history .

Will

I dunno maybe I'm reading too much into it but i think the over photo shopping was purposefully done. For the simple reason that these women are world renowned, powerful and even possibly legendary, and while they were human back in the day now they live on in books and in our minds making them super human as it were.

So making the women in the shots a bit fake, perfect and super human adds to the whole effect I think. Then again that's just me and I could be totally off the mark

metaoblivia

Will wrote: »

I dunno maybe I'm reading too much into it but i think the over photo shopping was purposefully done. For the simple reason that these women are world renowned, powerful and even possibly legendary, and while they were human back in the day now they live on in books and in our minds making them super human as it were.

So making the women in the shots a bit fake, perfect and super human adds to the whole effect I think. Then again that's just me and I could be totally off the mark

Oh I agree - it just didn't work for me. I thought it came across as too fake and actually took away from some of the drama of the concept.

pikachucheeks

I really liked the photos.

I looked at it and took it as a bit of a parody. It's bringing powerful women from the past and bringing them into the present - where looks are highly valued, airbrushing and this idea of 'perfection' are the norm. You could even see it as a complete satire of modern times - these women were powerful in their time, well respected women, yet to have any sort of relevance and power nowadays, they needed to be sexed up and obviously photoshopped into oblivion!

I liked the use of colour in the photographs, the vibrancy. Very eye-catching.

Dragan

pikachucheeks wrote: »

I really liked the photos.

I looked at it and took it as a bit of a parody. It's bringing powerful women from the past and bringing them into the present - where looks, airbrushing and this idea of 'perfection' is the norm. You could even see it as a complete satire of modern times - these women were powerful in their time, well respected women, yet to have any sort of relevance and power nowadays, they needed to be sexed up and obviously photoshopped into oblivion!

I liked the use of colour in the photographs, the vibrancy. Very eye-catching.

This is actually a really valid point....if these women existed today....we'd most likely be seeing exactly the same images of them.

Húrin

Ridiculous Hollywood stuff. Wrong title as well. Most of those women weren't that powerful. Might as well include Thatcher!

all_smilz

the pictures kind of represent current or modern interpretation of beauty- all the airbrushing magazines and draws my mind to cosmetic surgery (the eyelift and boobjob kind)....
i agree with other posters who ask why sexiness is equated with power....

why doesnt he do photo's of more admirable people, somehow choosing women only seems a bit condescending,?

Where is mother teresa? i am deeply unreligious but i admired her......

and moreover,

where's Oprah?:D

SeekUp

taconnol wrote: »

I like this one: it's the idea of Fallen Princesses:

http://jpgmag.com/stories/11918

Not to post too off topic, but just wanted to thank you for this link . . . Rapunzel just killed me.

Dragan

all_smilz wrote: »

i agree with other posters who ask why sexiness is equated with power....

In fairness, we could find a LOT of posts that basically back this up...that people are attracted to power. There was a whole thread about men in uniform and why it was sexy....turns out to be the power.

I don't think it's a mystery that social position/status/power = sexy for a lot of people.