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Sport Magazine & Swimsuit Issue

Sport Magazine is a popular publication that addresses issues of sports and that appeals to men, and once a year it has an issue that is dedicated to the new swimsuits designed for women, as modeled by leading models in scenes set in different parts of the world. In 1991, the photos were being shot by one of New York's leading fashion photographers, and at the same time a team from ESPN was shooting the photographer and his models for a television documentary that was released on video as Dazzling Women of Sport. The documentary offers not only an examination of this particular photo shoot but a sense of what fashion photography and magazine photography is like as a profession, what the photographer has to go through to get what he wants, how the models are utilized, what training they need, and how modeling has changed in recent years as there has been more emphasis on athletics, health, and activity in the shot itself. This these elements are especially important in a photo-shoot for a sports magazine, of course, which features women in athletic situations, showing the swimsuits not merely as fashion but as something to be worn in an active life. The intent of the magazine is to increase circulation for this issue. The intent of the photographer is to create images that will appeal and help sell both the magazine and the swimsuits. The reason both can be successful relates to gender roles in Western civilization and to the power of sexual imagery in the media.

This photo shoot took place on the coast of Mexico, largely in Acapulco and environs, where the Pacific Ocean served as a vital backdrop to the activities of the models. There were 9 models on this shot, and they were accompanied by the photographer and his assistants--including makeup people and lighting assistants--and the camera crew for the documentary, for a total of 26 people, a rather large contingent for this type of shoot. The different groups seem to have ...

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Sport Magazine & Swimsuit Issue. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 08:47, March 28, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1682627.html