I would like to talk a little about the picture shown to us this week of the model who painted herself. While I understand the negative implications of the first picture, I would like to talk about the second. This was a very mysterious yet beautiful picture. You see a woman with dark skin and bright blue eyes. I am not sure of what the photographer was trying to prove or say in taking this picture and I am very interested in what everyone thinks about it. What I took from it is the face that you see this beautiful creature with dark skin and striking blue eyes - two physical traits that obviously do not go together. But for some reason, we can't seem to stop looking at it. Why? Is it because it is so foreign to us that it is almost hypnotizing? What is the significance of this mix-match? My personal experience while viewing this picture, was to subconsciously throw away all preconceived notions of race and embrace something different and indescribably beautiful. It made me appreciate the blurring of race. I don't know if this was the photographer's intention, but this was my interpretation.
Meredith Cotter, Post #10
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