Visual Analysis of a Photo

I chose to analyze picture 9, which features two young girls, both slightly overweight and one being measured with a tape across her chest. The most interesting part of the photo, for me, was the expression on the girls' faces. They seem really nervous and apprehensive as they stare at the tape, anxious to see the measurements.

Greenfield uses framing to draw attention to the tape and make it the focus of the photo. The girls arms are used as lines to draw the eye in and all the gazes of the spectators are directly on the tape. This causes the viewer to look at the tape as the subject of the picture.

I believe Lauren Greenfield wants to emphasis how much weight and importance these girls place on their measurements to hi-light how much society values skinny girls. The girls seem desperate to have acceptable measurements, which is crazy considering how young they appear in the photo. This shows how "Girl Culture" causes young girls to have poor body image issues and low self esteem if they don't have the "perfect" body shown in the media.

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