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Physical Images
As Barbra Kruger used images that already existed and didn't take new ones, I have decided to use images that I didn't use from the documentary and portraiture photoshoot to stay true to Kruger's work as much as possible. No new images were taken.

Top 5 Images
These first four images are from the documentary photoshoots. This first image shows a female with red makeup markings over her cheek, mouth and eye. This is a very powerful image which shows a pain of some sort. For this image I have decided to use the quote: "Beauty is Pain, Pain is Beauty."

This image shows the same model as before laying on a bed. Her legs are crossed and her arms are covering her chest. As this image was taken to show how women are objectified, I have chose to create a quote around this. The quote I came up with is: "We are not objects" representing female objectification.

This next image is of a different model than before. There is a tape measure around her neck. This image was taken with the connotation of weight in mind and how women fight to get perfect bodies due to the media's representation. Because of this, I decided to use one of Kruger's quote which I felt fit perfectly to the meaning of the image. This quote is: "Your body is a battleground."

This next image shows a woman looking at herself in a mirror whilst holing a lipstick. She is looking into the mirror desperately for help. It appears that she is judging herself through the mirror. I decided to use a quote from Disney as I felt that "Mirror mirror on the wall..." fit perfectly to the connotations of the image. The quote isn't finished but as the quote is universally known, audience members will finish the quote themselves and then begin to realise the connotations. 

This final image is from the portraiture photoshoot. The image itself is of a girl looking into the camera smiling. I thought that by using a quote like; "Not Happy" would contrast the visuals and then deeper connotations could be made by audiences. For example: the smile is only a mask for the camera and the model is really not happy. This adds to the question of "Does the camera lie?"