Photographs Of Teenage Girls In Their Bedrooms; Photographer Rania Matar’s recent collection of photographs, A Girl in her Room, explores the teenage girl in her habitat (her room), to further understand the origin of a teenager’s way of being.
'I became fascinated with the similar issues girls at that age face, regardless of culture, religion and background, as they learn to deal with all the pressures that arise as they become conscious and aware of the surrounding world wherever this may be.'
Matar says; My room as a teenager was a sanctuary-my only safe place. My room was me, more specifically though, it was what I wanted to be at the moment. I wanted to be as bold, tough and flawless as my favorite musicians on the magazine cutouts on my wall. Truth is, I wasn’t any of those things. In fact, I was timid and self-conscious.
Every girl battles with herself and the burden of the transitions that come along with being a teenage, good or bad, her bedroom will be a symbol of what she goes through. The room and stuff surrounding her serves as a metaphor of safety, the only place where she truly fits in. It's above all, an emotional place. Whatever surrounds her is either what she wants to be or where she wants to be regardless of reality. She wants to be the model in the magazines, in a fantasy world, enhanced by music, some privacy and away from her parents.
I believe that this has evolved through generations and the idea of a teenagers' bedroom being their only 'safe place' has become a big issue for the 21st century, the input of society and media has pushed this as well. It relates back to 'My Generation' as in contrast to 10 years ago a bedroom would be just a room where you slept, in the present day it's used as a getaway, when someone is told to 'go to their room' by their parents it's not seen as a punishment anymore, because its where we feel at peace.
Image Analysis:
This image is from the collection of 'Girls in their Bedrooms.' Out of the images, the reason I chose this image was because how well I am able to relate to it. As my bedroom is full of posters of 'pretty girls' 'front covers' 'labels' and then my laptop rests on my bed whilst drowning myself in a film about romance or something that will make me cry. The way the girl's hair is in her face caught my eye instantly because of how its so effortless she's sat in her room not caring about how she looks. There is some emotional effect conveying in this image as it relates to a lot of teenager's girls everyday life, like isolation. The urge not to move from your bed and have a 'movie day.' The idea she is surrounded by all these models in different magazines could represent her as a person and suggest it could be her inspiration. The composition of the image is helpful in the way that the model is leaning against a wall so the eyes move from one end of wall to a beginning of the other wall around the image. The lighting used is natural coming in from a window as the white teddy bear has some highlight from the side of the image. Finding a specific subject in this image is difficult as the model happens to mould into her wall full of magazine rip outs.
Response:
This is my response to Rania Matar I didn't take a carbon copy because Rania Matar's work I wanted to show a comparison within bedrooms. Although I adapted her concept and had a similar background to what the selected image was like however used my subject differently. I wanted to show a more 'girly' side with the sitting on the bed and then having magazine posters around and pink bed sheets, it's sort of a peek into her personality.
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