What's Beauty?

What's Beauty?

Heavy makeup

Perfect Hair

Blemish Free Skin

Bleached Teeth

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Perhaps.....

What's my standard of beauty?

Would my face make the "cut" for this collage?

Am I not beautiful because I have wrinkles, gapped teeth, glasses, freckles, and/or a full figure? Do I care? Perhaps.....

If I do care, then what does that say about me?

By Roberta Johnson, Farrah Jones, Becky Sharpe

OK Magazine: Data Visualization

We began our data visualization by cutting out faces of men and women. We used one magazine entitled OK! The faces were expressive and the magazine was diverse in reference to race but not people (because they were all movie stars).

We sorted the pictures of faces into two groups, men and women. Pictures were arranged in an inward spiraling motion. We went from women (beginning with Beyonce, going counter clockwise) to men.

This image shows that in today's society and with a failing economy women are dominating the work force. Even though these pictures are of movie stars we believe that women in the movie industry are prominent figures in the production, directing and acting aspect of major films more than men.

Kimberly

Roxanne

Katina

Rolling Stone Faces

This collage of faces represents emotions. It was interesting that this magazine contained very few smiling faces. Both genders were equally represented; however, not every race. The photos were primarily candid shots and not posed.

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Living Your Best Life: O Magazine

How does one choose the demographics when they have total autonomy over a publication?

Oprah Winfrey, the head honcho and controlling force of a dynasty, appears to cater more to a populus outside of her own ethnicity.

After perusing the magazine, and looking at the photographs, things to ponder...

Have her roots been tilled and seeded in a different artificial turf?

Who is the intended audience?

Are the advertisers the driving force behind the content of the magazine?

Through a Lens Darkly

Thomas Allen Harris presented his work at NAMAC.

-sam smiley

SoulTrade

I found this advertisement in TIME magazine, to my surprise, it was actually the back cover. When I first looked at it, this guy, and what they were advertising, stocks, I thought, now why would Americans want to invest in this type of thing at a time like this? I would think that stocks and market would be the last thing on most peoples minds in such an economical crysis. The working class is suffering right now, that's a fact.

The idea came to me pretty easy, the guy in the advertisement already resembled the devil figure, and "Scottrade" is very easily transformed into "Soultrade." I went from there.

I couldn't believe the way that they portray themselves, and the fact that their acting like your doing yourself a favor by contacting them. The truth of the matter is, along with many other corporate companies like this, is that they just want your money. This knowledge is nothing new to most of us, I would almost put it in the category of common sense, but for them, and to the people that this advertisement is aimed at, it is money that runs their souls, so to speak. It is money that is life, and it is money that is important to them. They don't care about what's in your best interest, they want your money, they want your soul!