Connecting Essay 5

This photograph is for my project of personal comment and shows the theme of sterotypes. This particular stereotype is how teenager's are stereotyped to be 'gangsters' and very rude and disrespectful youths who don't have any respect for the general public. By the model wearing the costume of a 'hoodie' is a common clothing that society stereotype teenagers to wear. This gives off the impression that teenagers are very lazy people. The reason I took this photograph using the location back drop as a graffiti wall is because it also shows how youths/teenagers are stereotyped to vandalise private properties however other people can interoperate this as being creative an artistic. To edit this photograph I lowered the curves and levels to bring out all the dark tones to make this photograph look very harsh and graphic. I then for each colour on the wall outlined it with a brighter colour using paint to create a 3D look and to make the graffiti stand out more. To soften the colours I used gaussian blur and changed the opacity. I did this to make sure the colours weren't too sharp and had a spray paint effect to them. The model was positioned and directed to stand to the left of the photograph and to turn her back to the photograph. I decided to do this because it hides her identity and instead shows how stereotypes are shown. Also by having the model to left of the photograph allows all the graffiti to be seen and is a different way to show stereotypes instead of face on in the centre.

This photograph was created artistically by the unknown artist 'Banksy'  which shows the stereotypes of youths. This artistic picture that was painted was painted by a rough street on an abandoned wall. The reason for this is because it matches the stereotypes of teenagers as they are locations that they stereotypically 'hung around' at and where they are stereotyped to get into trouble. The photograph shows a young boy wearing a baggy top, baggy jeans and 'bling' with a snapback this is a common stereotype for teenagers.The facial expression that Banksy had painted was a very miserable one this infers stereotypically that teenagers are very negative people. Overall I feel that this photograph has been taken to show society the stereotypes for youths and how they aren't all right.




Both of these photographs connect because they both express the theme of stereotypes. As well as both focusing on the stereotype of youths which are shown in the same way. This is because they both show youths in a negative way. As well as showing a stereotypical appearance and attitude in both the photographs.