I was instructed by Professor Rowe to look at Robert Heinecken's work and it is ghastly. I appealed to these photos aesthetically and was drawn in by the fashion aspect of the images. Then I continue to examine the image and find a very intriguing artistic quality. I began to realize the opaque quality of the image overlapped with another image. These images have a very sexual appease mixed with a content of darkness or sensuality in a glamourous way. I did research on the artist and realized that this was what he was projecting. He says that he focuses on the use of sex in mass media not on the "spectrum" from fashion to pornography however as a "continuum". His statement though still fashion inspired was more of a commentary on how high fashion passes off sexual pornography appeal, poses, and ideals. This was even more interesting to me considering my passion for fashion. When breaking it down though high fashion is not pornography it is interesting as a model how I find myself doing very sensual, seductive poses. Never truly crossing the boundaries into pornography but possibly scraping the surfaces of that similar sensuality. It is appealing that Heinecken within his work is able to actually transfer his idea and concept to the viewer.
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