Off With Her Head

Model: Sarah

Costume and Props designed and made by Cheshire

Pretty in Punk

Model:Erin

Styled by Cheshire

The Perception, Aspiration and Reality of Teenage Culture

My finals for my Year 12 photography.

What I

SEE

What I

WANT

Who I

AM

Conforming to Stereotypes

Stereotypes are a big part of a teenage world, as the media, and many other superior sources are slamming unrealistic labels on different types of people as a result of a variety of different things. Whether it is the way someone is dressed or the type of music they listen to, the common knowledge of young people is that these factors mean that someone will be grouped into a category that may be untrue to themselves. Stereotypical labels and Conformity often come hand in hand, as many people choose to be viewed in a stereotypical way by conforming to the label that has already been set out for them. It is easy to become something once already being labelled it, so therefore teenagers everywhere are very segregated between cliques.

Emotion

Modern day society uses emotional appeal in everyday life in the media and it is so overused that many younger people have become immune to real emotion. Teenagers especially, have the tendency to be apathetic towards many emotional and important aspects in life; so much so that one of the main ways for teenagers to be perceived is as lethargic and bored. This is not true, as teenagers are often the biggest offenders of masking their true feelings in order to portray this apathetic, acceptable way of feeling to the people around them.

Model: Natt