FINAL PROPOSAL

10 hours before walking in NYC as a woman

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

I plan to base my project about the controversial and viral video released a few weeks ago, “10 hours of walking in NYC as a woman”. A video trying to point out the harassment that young women face on a daily basis while simply stepping out into the public sphere. While the video has created an uproar with men defending their actions as mere compliments not harassment, they simply don’t understand how their words are much more powerful than broad comments, they affect the way women perceive themselves and their bodies. Instead of ending harassment, media tends to focus on victim blaming, shaming the woman in the video (in a black tee shirt and plain fitted blue jeans nonetheless) for being “more attractive than average” and “wearing provocative clothing”. I plan to capture the emotions of a female before leaving the house through a small series of photographs with minor post processing edits.

OUTCOMES:

I intend to produce a series of photos in a particular order, which has a definitive start and end.

The photos will be displayed on the overhead projector so all the details can be present on a large scale.

I plan to have somewhere between 6-12 photographs.

METHODS AND MATERIALS:

The photos will be taken inside a house, specifically a bathroom, and bedroom. I will be using my Nikon D3000 along with basic household lights and lamps. I will be utilizing a single female subject for this project, as she gets dressed and applies makeup before leaving her home for the day. The post editing will be mostly saturation and color effects/balances while shooting in RAW. I may also include text on the photo to assist in my efforts to bring awareness to the thought processes that must occur whie a woman questions her appearance.

REFERENCES:

Photographer Lindsey Villatoro

http://www.lovesongphotography.com/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/10/29/video-woman-harassed-108-times-as-she-walks-around-new-york/