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After the actual shoots, I decided to change the way I portray my concepts and concentrate specifically on objectifying the male bodies the very same way the patriarchal society objectifies the female bodies, and how daily objects are very much masculine. Decided to keep my background empty instead of having scenarios such as the kitchen, to keep my focus on the body and the daily objects.

P.S: Special thanks for my dearest friend, who prefers to be anonymous, for helping me with my project!

So here are the photos and description:

The following series named - an eye for an eye, aim to objectify the men's body, the same way the patriarchal society objectifies and supresses women. The Obscura marks the first of the series, portraying how daily objects such as the television is mascular. Additionally, of course, the television program itself is mascular. Subsequent portraitures also focus on how daily objects can be very masculine and are representative of what is being stereotyped as male (not female). However, when playing with stereotypes, one inevitably reinforces the patriarchal dominant ideologies. Thus, the series ends with a piece named De-construction, in which the very tool used to capture all these images are in itself masculine.

Emphasizing on how the TV and the program are masculine, on how media is very selective that they only portray certain things and not others in a way that supported the patriarchal norms, as such, the image of the program is exaggerated to be the male model himself, suggesting also some kind of narcissism.

The Phallus

Emphasizing on stereotypes of men, and thus the phallus being the first in the row after the broader social context of the media. Using daily object - the phone to represent the phallus...

The Mechanics
Emphasizing on the stereotype of men that they are good with mechanics, with watch representing mechanization

The Brawn
Emphasizing on the stereotype of men that they are physically strong, with fork and knife representing physical strength, playing with associated representation of eating and cutting meat/beef with the utensils

The Solution
Emphasizing on the stereotype of men that they are rational, with the key being the solution to things and hence logic and solutions

De-Construction
By playing with stereotypes, I am also emphasizing on what is typical of females, especially in association with females being emotional (opposite of rationality), bad at mechanics, physically weak etc. Thus, also inevitably reproducing patriarchal norms. To de-construct what I am doing, hence the title of the last piece and capture the tool I use to capture the images into the image itself as part of de-construction.

Class Critique:
- The first photo with the TV seems to be brighter than other objects i the subsequent, perhaps need to adjust the brightness and contrast
- Some of the objects has some tinge of colors/saturation, adjust the rest to match
- Cover the face for the Brawn photo, as the rest the face is also covered
- Also, the knife don't look like a knife, use steak knife with the teeth that could be seen clearly
- The Brawn photo seem to more heavy on the right

Hence, with the critique changes are made to specifically The Obscura and The Brawn. Look out the final pieces in the last blog entry!