By using photoshop, I can edit my photographs into my ideal body type. Also by layering the realistic version and the edited version together, I can see the comparison in a more straight forward perspective.
The outcome does make me think about a lot about myself and what I always want to be like. The ironic thing is that after I took the photoshoots, I felt that outcomes look confident and strong. However, after I did the photoshopped version, the outcomes look desirable for me . It is strange that I cannot persuade myself to embrace my own body as I am not happy with it
I keep saying that the “Embrace” is not a body positive campaign, it is a confusing experience that I want share with people who had the same thought with me focusing on the pressure on body image. And those photographs can express myself about the confusion inside of me.
I wish when different people view those photographs, they can have their different understandings about the body images because it is a subjective thing for them.
By achieving that I want to make my work as interactive as I can to communicate with the viewers. Also explore more various media and material, not just digital, also paintings and drawings.
Meixuan Cheng 