Within this book i found a couple of things that grabbed my attention on the representation of women. Not only pregnant women but women in general.
The article below states about this artist using food within her image to crudely represent different parts of the female, as too many 'images of "woman" bombard us - sexy women, pouty women, rich women, fulfilled women.'
- This image above by Julie Pochron states that women are beautiful and delicious.
- These images above do not just represent the female and her bump as a sign of beauty and change, they represent the desire to have children with the process and the sensuality of physical contact relationships have.
This image below i loved! I loved the fact this female shows that she's still her own character. Just because she is pregnant, it doesn't change who she is as a person. - Just her figure.
At first i thought the hand gesture was towards the rules and regulations you're apparently meant to follow whilst being pregnant, the 'do's and don'ts', which would link to the cigarette. However after reading the article, i found out that this hand gesture was due to the constant touching of her belly from people without her consent.
Perhaps the cigarette represents something she does, but has given up temporarily whilst she's pregnant, which would explain why it isn't lit.
The lighting i would say is perhaps daylight from her window on the right hand side of the photo, due to having bold highlights on that side, central mid-tones and shadows on the left.
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