MADE A ROUGH SKETCH IN MY SKETCHBOOK
TOOK A LOT OF INSPIRATION FROM SH SADLER'S "FRESH MEAT"
EDITORIAL FOR THE COVER IMAGE OF THIS PROJECT
PLASTIC WRAP PRESENTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEMES OF
MODERN MATERIALISM & CONSUMER LIFESTYLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS
I LOVE THIS IMAGE OF TAYLOR AS PACKAGED MEAT.
IN MY MIND'S EYE THIS CONTRASTS THE TENSION BETWEEN
BEING SOMETHING BOUGHT & BEING SOMETHING REAL
THIS PROJECT DOUBLES AS AN ART PROJECT FOR ME,
AND A BRAND SHOOT FOR MY LONG-TIME COLLABORATOR, TAYLOR
HER MAKEUP BRAND IS CALLED "TO-A-T ARTISTRY"
THE MANNEQUIN EDITS IN HER ARMS EXPRESS
THEMES OF MATERIALISM IN A PERSONIFIED SENSE
BEING WRAPPED IN BUBBLE WRAP IS A METAPHOR
FOR THE COCOON MATERIALISM CREATES
HOWEVER, TAYLOR IS SET TO BREAK OUT OF THIS PACKAGING
RE-EMERGING AS SOMETHING NEW, YET FAMILIAR IN ESSENCE
THE LIGHTNING BOLT IS THE CLIMAX FOR ME. THE MOMENT OF TRANSFORMATION
from mannequin to real again
