Lauren Jeffery

BA (Hons) Fashion Photography

Theme

This series of work was created and photographed by Lauren Jeffery, who named this collection of images “The Fruits of my Labour”. This project explored ideas around gender and sexuality through the playful use of aesthetic and performative still life fashion photography. Using fruits in a historical memento mori template to describe contemporary notions of sexuality that humorously challenge gender stereotypes and sexuality. Examples of artists who inspired research for this project include Irving Penn, Edward Weston, Maisie Cousins and Juan Sánchez Cotán.

Fruits of my Labour

The Banana: The representation of the male gender and its resemblance to the appearance of a phallic in al l its shape and stance.

The Grapefruit: The representation of the female gender and its resemblance to the vulva with all its colourings and details.

The Grapefruit: Close up details upon the fruits strong resemblance to the vulva.

The Pomegranate: Exploring female attributes such as the idea of of reproduction with the seeds inside the circular fruits resembling the fertilised egg in the uterus.

The Papaya: Similar idea to the female reproduction in previous image however also linking to the male representation of their own eggs (sperm) they carry and produce in the cycle.

BA (Hons) Fashion Photography

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