The contour of the female body is outlined by the backlighting and the warmth of the skin's color tones. A hand holding a magnifying glass enters, destroying the integrity of the body line – further emphasizing the breasts and buttocks.
By setting up this shooting condition, the audience transforms into voyeurs – peeping at the female body. This 'peeping' situation corresponds to what women face in daily life. Nevertheless, there is a way of viewing (examined within the Magnified series) that precedes the audience's 'peeping' – thus influencing (and expanding upon) their initial points of view.
The magnifying glass represents the perception of the patriarchy and capitalism within modern society. Female sexual characteristics are magnified to stimulate consumption, shaping a single standard of the 'perfect' body.
The Magnified series examines persistent societal constructs which reinforce gender inequalities, from the sexualization of the female form to the pressures placed upon women to achieve warped ideals of beauty.
male-gaze-sexual-objectification-voyeurism-heterosexual-desire-nude--pressure-women-body-appearance-confidence-alienation-award-winning-contemporary-photographer-yi-chen-lee-art-critic-patriarchy-John-Berger-Ways-of-Seeing
The contour of the female body is outlined by the backlighting and the warmth of the skin's color tones. A hand holding a magnifying glass enters, destroying the integrity of the body line – further emphasizing the breasts and buttocks.
By setting up this shooting condition, the audience transforms into voyeurs – peeping at the female body. This 'peeping' situation corresponds to what women face in daily life. Nevertheless, there is a way of viewing (examined within the Magnified series) that precedes the audience's 'peeping' – thus influencing (and expanding upon) their initial points of view.
The magnifying glass represents the perception of the patriarchy and capitalism within modern society. Female sexual characteristics are magnified to stimulate consumption, shaping a single standard of the 'perfect' body.
The Magnified series examines persistent societal constructs which reinforce gender inequalities, from the sexualization of the female form to the pressures placed upon women to achieve warped ideals of beauty.
male-gaze-sexual-objectification-voyeurism-heterosexual-desire-nude--pressure-women-body-appearance-confidence-alienation-award-winning-contemporary-photographer-yi-chen-lee-art-critic-patriarchy-John-Berger-Ways-of-Seeing
The contour of the female body is outlined by the backlighting and the warmth of the skin's color tones. A hand holding a magnifying glass enters, destroying the integrity of the body line – further emphasizing the breasts and buttocks.
By setting up this shooting condition, the audience transforms into voyeurs – peeping at the female body. This 'peeping' situation corresponds to what women face in daily life. Nevertheless, there is a way of viewing (examined within the Magnified series) that precedes the audience's 'peeping' – thus influencing (and expanding upon) their initial points of view.
The magnifying glass represents the perception of the patriarchy and capitalism within modern society. Female sexual characteristics are magnified to stimulate consumption, shaping a single standard of the 'perfect' body.
The Magnified series examines persistent societal constructs which reinforce gender inequalities, from the sexualization of the female form to the pressures placed upon women to achieve warped ideals of beauty.
male-gaze-sexual-objectification-voyeurism-heterosexual-desire-nude--pressure-women-body-appearance-confidence-alienation-award-winning-contemporary-photographer-yi-chen-lee-art-critic-patriarchy-John-Berger-Ways-of-Seeing
The contour of the female body is outlined by the backlighting and the warmth of the skin's color tones. A hand holding a magnifying glass enters, destroying the integrity of the body line – further emphasizing the breasts and buttocks.
By setting up this shooting condition, the audience transforms into voyeurs – peeping at the female body. This 'peeping' situation corresponds to what women face in daily life. Nevertheless, there is a way of viewing (examined within the Magnified series) that precedes the audience's 'peeping' – thus influencing (and expanding upon) their initial points of view.
The magnifying glass represents the perception of the patriarchy and capitalism within modern society. Female sexual characteristics are magnified to stimulate consumption, shaping a single standard of the 'perfect' body.
The Magnified series examines persistent societal constructs which reinforce gender inequalities, from the sexualization of the female form to the pressures placed upon women to achieve warped ideals of beauty.
male-gaze-sexual-objectification-voyeurism-heterosexual-desire-nude--pressure-women-body-appearance-confidence-alienation-award-winning-contemporary-photographer-yi-chen-lee-art-critic-patriarchy-John-Berger-Ways-of-Seeing