Corrinne Day

Corinne day - Kate Moss

My initial reaction upon looking at this photograph is to question why the photographer has chosen to present the photo in black and white. I don't quite understand why black and white is used, because of the nature of the photograph I would've thought it would be in colour because the model looks happy and joyful, which is the opposite to the visual language that black and white often represents. The nature of the photograph, because of the time it was published, is very different from photography around that time. It looks as though this would have been one of the first photographs to have been published with such a casual, easy going style, instead of the glamorous format that most photographers would have used. 

I'm predicting that from the shape and texture of the image, it is 35mm film, it wouldn't be medium format because the shape of the image is not squared.

           From the body language and facial expressions it looks as though she and the photographer are trying to sell this joyful, spontaneous life style. This is what makes it fashion photography, it doesn't have to be clearly selling a product that is featured in the photograph, it promotes the brand by simply showing that if you wear this or do this, you will live and look like this.

             I feel that both the model and the background work well together in that we often associate the beach with sun, sun bathing and wearing revealing clothes, Moss has done almost exactly that however taken it to not wearing anything. Because of this it gives the happy feel to the photograph, however I feel that if only the model was not in the image it would have a very different feel, it would look a lot less bright and joyful and a lot more dark and mundane because of the use of black and white and what looks like an untouched background. Personally I don't like the composition of the photograph, I don't quite understand what the photographer has chosen to cut the image off at her toes, I feel that there is too much space between her head and the top of the image, I understand that that could have been used to emphasise her vulnerability by showing that she's in a huge isolated place, however I feel the model would have been better suited filling more of the image