The narrative we chose
to analyse is Spellbound by Alex Prager. This narrative is a linear narrative
so the story has a beginning, middle and end. Even thought the story doesn’t
seem to look like a linear narrative, as the story doesn’t traditionally develop.
The images however look like they are still frames from a movie set in1940s.
From these images it looks to be taken as a series of images taken from a day
at the races. I feel that these images run as a fashion story portraying the
events as the day goes on. There are four different women in this photograph. I
feel that these four women are used to portray women as their own character in
a time where they were seen as secondary to men. This is shown by the woman
being surrounded by men who are interested in what they are watching on the day
and the women look almost bored and uninterested as if they have to be their
because their men are there. The styling of this photograph is used well as the
use of vibrant colours in the clothes, hair and makeup. This makes the women
stand out from the men around them, which relates back to the portrayal of
woman as their own person. I feel that the location of the images was used well
as it is shown to be in a place where it would mostly be dominated by men and
using the characters in this way to make them stand out is used well. I feel
that the image was inspired by a 1940s trend of high class and fashion showing
that the characters are in a high class profile and the images portray this
well by the way the characters present themselves and hold themselves. This set
of narrative images reminds me of the work of William Eggleston using the harsh
flash to create the bright colours in the images and using this as a way to
make the images stand out and grab the viewer’s attention.
The images below are some of the images of William
Eggleston’s which Alex Prager’s work reminds me of. However Alex Prager’s work
is a lot softer and uses less of a harsh flash.
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