American Photography 28 Winners

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Ilona Szwarc

American Girls

Maya and Leela, NY, 2011, one from the project American Girls, a series of portraits of girls in America who own American Girl dolls, extremely popular toys which embody contemporary cultural values, stereotypes and perpetuate domesticity and traditional gender roles. The dolls can be customized to look like their owner and were conceived to be “anti-Barbie” toys modeled after a body of a nine year old. Student work.

School of Visual Arts
Ilona Szwarc

American Girls

Gillian, NY, 2011, one from the project American Girls, a series of portraits of girls in America who own American Girl dolls, extremely popular toys which embody contemporary cultural values, stereotypes and perpetuate domesticity and traditional gender roles. The dolls can be customized to look like their owner and were conceived to be “anti-Barbie” toys modeled after a body of a nine year old. Student work.

School of Visual Arts
Ilona Szwarc

American Girls

Jenna, MA, 2011, one from the project American Girls, a series of portraits of girls in America who own American Girl dolls, extremely popular toys which embody contemporary cultural values, stereotypes and perpetuate domesticity and traditional gender roles. The dolls can be customized to look like their owner and were conceived to be “anti-Barbie” toys modeled after a body of a nine year old. Student work.

School of Visual Arts
Ilona Szwarc

American Girls

Tiffani-Amber, NY, 2011, one from the project American Girls, a series of portraits of girls in America who own American Girl dolls, extremely popular toys which embody contemporary cultural values, stereotypes and perpetuate domesticity and traditional gender roles. The dolls can be customized to look like their owner and were conceived to be “anti-Barbie” toys modeled after a body of a nine year old. Student work.

School of Visual Arts