Inspiration

T H E  S K I N  I  L I V E  I N.

In another seminar, for a totally different project we were shown a film called 'The skin I live in'. Weirdly enough I was inspired more so for this project. That's what's so great about this industry, we are constantly surrounded by things that inspire us, without us realising or totally unexpectedly.
The Skin I live in is about the life of an amazing plastic surgeon, who is haunted by traumatising events in his life and takes revenge upon someone who hurt his daughter. I feel the film is quite disturbing, confusing yet intriguing.

The main aspect of what influenced me was the way the character Vera Cruz used her body movements in a way of calming her and taking her mind into somewhere completely different, where she could forget reality. Vera creates beautiful shapes and movements using yoga.
For some strange reason I was complete captured in the way her body looked and the way you could see the human form, through the shapes of yoga. Also complimented by her skin tight suit, which was actually used to protect her skin.

Within my final images, I would like to produce a look that portrays the body in not stereotyped size like 'thin' or 'fat' I want it to be seen as beautiful shape, no matter what size. The human body is a beautiful form that is very much over looked.