Chelsea Marie's Image
Here we have an eye-level medium close up shot of a pregnant woman with a glass of unknown liquid. The the lighting and angle of the woman's body accentuates the curves of her body. Even the glass, being curvy on the bottom reflects the woman's pregnant body.
I chose this picture because while I was attempting to find a photo, I kept seeing pictures of women without their face being in the shot. Women's pregnant bodies were frequently portrayed without the woman's face being in the shot, which lead me to query the ownership of women's pregnant bodies. This photo I've chosen highlights the woman's pregnant body not her identity as gleaned from her face or other aspects of her body that reveal more who this woman is. Pregnant women are often portrayed only in terms of their pregnancy--a completly different, temporary, identity-- and not in the fixed aspects of their identity.
Comments
i think you make a good point about how when a woman gets pregnant she becomes the "pregnant lady". there is alot of writing in feminist studies about this topic; how a pregnant woman is treated as though she has a medical condition. its interesting to look at how hospitol's procedures and attitutes towards the birthing process have changed since the 50s.
Posted by: emily b | September 18, 2006 12:48 PM
I agree with both of these comments, but I also find it interesting that pregnant women are usually always photographed in the third trimester, almost as if that huge belly is a signification of fertility, or as you stated, that the woman may also be merely a vessel for the child. I don't mean to deny that there is a sort of mystifying element to the thought of birth, but there is a great deal of interesting theory that connects birth with mortality, i.e. mother as monster.
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If you think that pictures of women are separating the mind from the body... How are men depicted as being a part of the pregnancy? So, pictures of pregnant women, in order to show respect, need to ignore the fact that they are pregnant?
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