Therese Aldgard presents a series of beauty shoots that articulate her creativity; they exude art and consumer culture of cosmetics in one.
The art direction mirrors the infatuation with antique porcelain dolls that is popular to this day. The resulting works embrace the mounts of curls and makeup accents on cheek-bones and lips to create human marionettes.
Next to over-sized beauty products, models look like figurines posing on a fictitious night stand. The look in their eyes seem so full of life, yet at the same time, they transmit a certain loneliness, giving you the impression they have been imprisoned in the human world, waiting to be transformed into living beings.
The shiny red and black hair with massive swirls in Therese Aldgard's dolls are the dominant factor in creating this shot.
Human Porcelain
Therese Aldgard Captures Models as Antique Marionette Dolls
Trend Themes
1. Antique Doll-inspired Photography - There is an opportunity to create unique and visually captivating photographs that showcase vintage-inspired makeup, hair, and fashion reminiscent of antique porcelain dolls.
2. Exaggerated Beauty Product Advertising - There is an opportunity to market beauty products using exaggerated sizes and brightly colored packaging to create a fictional world where products take on a magical quality.
3. Human-marionette Artworks - There is an opportunity to explore the intersection between art and consumer culture by creating human-marionette artworks that blur the line between real-life models and antique porcelain dolls.
Industry Implications
1. Photography - Photographers can capitalize on the trend of creating antique doll-inspired photography by developing and marketing their own unique visual style and techniques.
2. Beauty and Cosmetics - Beauty and cosmetics companies can create fictional worlds in their product packaging and advertising, tapping into consumers' nostalgia for childhood stories and imaginary lands.
3. Visual Art - Visual artists can create human-marionette artworks by combining creative designs and themes with consumer culture and visual media to create striking pieces of art.