Beatriz Perez
Misshapes
Misshapes is a critique on the media misrepresentation of the female "social" body in contemporary society. The commercial campaigns of the beauty and dieting industry in the 1980s and 1990s imposed unrealistic standards of thinness and beauty on contemporary women in first-world countries. There is a relentless focus on the body parts; as if identity is defined as being the body. Symptoms of this malign narcissism include the incidence of unhealthy dieting, a myriad of eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, and depression. This cult of thinness generates body anxiety which in turn has opened up a market for self-esteem that is being exploited by the image driven mass media. Thus, there is a circularity where women are 'sold back' to themselves.
Dilara Arisoy • Mia Cuk • Nhung Dang • Frida Edlund • Luba Kozorezova • Katerina Kremasioti • Helen Marshall • Roy Milani • Katarina Mudronova • Sharon Mutch • Paul Newman • Simon Olmetti • Beatriz Perez • Ochi Reyes • Nasreen Shaikh Jamal Al-Lail • Ilektra Stefanatou • Katie Stretton • Jayne Taylor • Sarah Tubbs • Dafydd Williams •
University of Brighton
MA Photography
Central Saint Martins
MA Photography
Central Saint Martins
MA Fine Art
London College of Communication
MA Photography
London College of Communication
MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography
University of Wales, Newport
MA/MFA Documentary Photography
University of Sunderland
MA Photography
University of Ulster
MFA Photography