The Seven Photographs That Changed Fashion

The documentary looks at fashion photography in different decades and how techniques have changed due to advances in technology. It also explores how the ideals of beauty have changed and what different photographers aim to achieve in their work. The documentary gives you one individual’s insight into how fashion photography has changed over time and the images that he thinks represent these changes the most.

Then in the documentary the seven photographs are recreated to show that with a few small changes they look in keeping with modern day styles of photography. This shows how skilled and ground breaking the photographers were in their time as the compositions of their pieces still work and look good several decades later. The techniques that were used at the time the photographers were taken were used in many of the recreated photographs but just using more advanced equipment and I find it interesting that these older techniques can still be used to produces stunning photographs.

The documentary starts by looking at the work of Cecil Beaton a photographer and artist known for his work in films such as My Fair Lady and he is also renowned for being a preferred photographer for many royals including Queen Elizabeth II. The photo that was chosen was a piece for Vogue in 1934 which became known as the White Panama Hat. in the modern day photograph Sophie Ellis-Bexter was used as the model.

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