Sunday, June 21, 2009

Princesses' realities

I want to say Happy Fathers' Day to my dad, for always making me feel like a princess, but also putting me in my place when it was needed.

(And also fostering the tomboy-ism of my youth, where we'd spend countless hours watching football, basketball and baseball together.)

Here's some photos from an exhibition called "Fallen Princesses".

Says Goldstein, the photographer:

"I began to imagine Disney's perfect princesses juxtaposed with real issues that were affecting women around me such as illness, addiction and self-image."





(Pictures: Dina Goldstein via Cup of Jo)

2 footnotes:

Courtney said...

Alex! I loved those pictures. Very cool. Now tell me, where in the world are you headed?

Katie said...

Wow, these pictures are very interesting. Makes me thing about the message that Disney sends to girls about what women are or should be, versus the reality.