The tyranny of beauty investigates how mass media imposes narrow ideals of female beauty.

Billboards and posters flood our public spaces, shaping how women are seen and how they see themselves. The constant push to ‘perfect’ the body reduces them to passive objects, with celebrities used to reinforce the norm. To challenge this, I photographed everyday women as magazine covers and created images that contrast real women with the impossible ideals pushed by beauty culture.

Exhibited at the Rag Factory (London) and Shipley Underground Market, the work is also available as a printed booklet.

La pressione a ‘perfezionare’ il corpo femminile riduce le donne a oggetti passivi, e i VIP vengono usati per rafforzare questo ideale. Per mettere in discussione questo modello, ho portato volti comuni sulle copertine patinate delle riviste di moda e creato immagini che contrappongono donne reali agli ideali irraggiungibili imposti dalla cultura della bellezza.

La serie è stata esposta al Rag Factory (Londra) e Shipley (Leeds) ed è disponibile in formato libretto stampato.