Focussing on Iconic Women through History: Developing My Ideas

Loves lost refrain

Her icy heart shall spend it last

Second Project Proposal

I have decided I want to do a photoshoot inspired by the story of Miss Havisham. I attempted to do this shoot as my first project when starting the photography course and I focused on capturing iconic women through history, and how the modern day woman can reflect that inside. I want to focus on Miss Havisham and the narrative behind her character. I looked at what I feel a modern day woman reflects now in society, and how women are now meant to be seen as 'strong and independant' but I think all women have a bit of Miss Havisham within them, but with modern society comes the idea of suppressing women's emotions. I want to carry on with attempting a fashion inspired shoot, and I aim to take the photos in Preston Manor House.

It turned out I was unable to shoot in Preston Manor house, so I have decided that I would quite like to go back to the idea of portraiture using the same idea of focusing on Miss Havisham's character as my narrative. I have been looking at portraiture and think I could do a lot with using just the studio, I think it would help me in developing my project further and I could do more with it.


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Desolate

For this project my aim was to depict Iconic women through history through imagery and how they may relate to and in some ways mirror the modern day woman. For these particular images I focussed on the narrative behind Miss Havisham’s character, looking at the idea of isolation and how her character dealt with this. 

For this project I looked at the iconic character Miss Havisham and how she may