Vogue Photographic Stories
Story 1, Vogue Italia July 1982:
This 'story' looks to be telling us of a child being the parent to her mother. Most of the photos make me feel kind of gross and hopefully that was the intention. All the photos are full of bright colours that give off a happy tone, which clashes with the odd and unsettling subject matter. This gives the reader the feeling that something isn't right. Most of the photos have been taken indoors, in a very nice looking house. This gives the feeling that the woman is either rich or a celebrity, which may mean this 'story' is trying to say something about celebrities and how they act. |
Story 2, Vogue August 2011:
This 'story' shows the model on a safari style holiday and is probably aimed at young people who have or want to travel, despite the actual viewership of Vogue being older than people in their 20's and 30's. The model is on a dirty, hands on holiday yet she still looks perfectly clean, which could be the male gaze making its way into the composition of the photos, wanting a woman to still look perfect even when shes wearing rough clothes on a dirty holiday. The tone of all the photos is very warm, like the pictures were taken in the golden hour, which would be another attempt to make the model loom as flawless as possible. |