A New Kind Of Beauty
'I’m interested in what we define as beauty, when we choose to create it ourselves.'
A New Type of
Beauty, by Phillip Toledano features subjects, who have had extreme plastic
surgery arranged in a classic Renaissance style portraits. Toledano wants to us
think about if society today, is using science, technology and plastic surgery
to create the ultimate beauty.
He says 'Perhaps we are creating a new kind of beauty. An amalgam of surgery, art, and popular culture? And if so, are the results the vanguard of human induced evolution?'
The models, who
have had a combination of collagen injections, nose jobs, eyelid lifts and
breasts and pec implants. They have all taken these steps, to change the way
they look. Some are more drastic than others, but all the images look rather
disturbing. None of the model looks happy, even with the changed they made.
Each image shows a
detailed portrait, exposing every hair, pore, scar, skin texture and stretch
marks that can be seen on their bodies. 'But, at what point does a human
sculpture become overworked?'. He asks whether beauty is informed by different
aspects, things such as contemporary culture, history, or by the surgeon
themselves.
Each model has
been through a transformation, from how they were born to look like, to how
they look now. Whether that is what they aimed for, we don't know. They all
made the choice to permanently change their appearance, not just their faces.
Many say they have plastic surgery to help their confident, and make them
happier about their appearance. But all these models look so sad, and unhappy. They are all looking straight down the lens of the camera, with a sad expression to their faces.
Does this show that achieving your ultimate beauty, doesn't always mean ultimate happiness?
