Fashion as photography

The lecture looked at specifically pfashion photography which was interesting, many of the images shown are of course well known and the lecture puts thi into context which was interesting for me, as it makes me realise how much you absorb wihtout thinking about it. the photos by Cecil Beaton in the 1920s are really well known inteernationally, but the lecture brings his style into the context of hi shaving worked as a set designer and hence hi sknowledge of set design etc, which is evident in his photographs. this is a great shot by Beaton and the mise en scene is interesting, almost theatrical. the lecture also highlighted that fashion photography is sometimes depciting waht is happening in socisety and current trends and sometimes it is creating new trends, it is a pwerful force in our society, probably more so now than previously as we have so much more media bombardment.