‘RED_PLANET’ by
BERI
RELOAD - 08 JUN 2015
"Unusually for me I woke up at 3am, meditated for a bit and then felt the strong desire to go for a dance and watch the sun rise. I felt so ethereal on my way home and when I came across two red paintings next to some rubbish I felt inspired make my Red Planet shoot. I’ve been thinking a lot about the objectification of women and my part in it. Without imposing anything on myself I felt myself let go of my resistance to objectifying myself and I dived into making a fantasy fuelled exploration of my body. As I was doing my makeup I imagined I was some sort of alien goddess about to return to my Red Planet! I really got to step out of my mundane me and allow myself to feel a deeper sensuality with my camera in hand. I have a book of black & white nudes that I like to take inspiration from for my shoots and to make collages with. I liked playing around taking photos with the collages and I’m thinking about taking this concept further in another shoot, an image within an image within an image..."
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