Purpose of my Focus

I was thinking if I were to do this, going with the Barbie Doll idea. What if I did my work on a social issue such as social stereotypes of women and how the media has oversexualized women in the media.

I would think I would approach this by shooting a woman doing a social stereotypical role such as being in the kitchen, but the would be in a bathing suit or underwear; this way it like a double "whammy".

Is this a good thought? Should I be focusing on both at the same time or is that overextending myself?

New Semester, New Project

I feel like I could continue with my work from last semester, however I don't want to start beating a dead horse too soon. In short, I personally would like to try something different.

I was thinking something along the lines of artistic/commercial retouching. Using models and props to create my scenes I would create these over the top, "Barbie", retouch jobs and impose "Barbie" into a perfect/ideal world. I realize that commercial retouching his a big topic in the art world, but I would like to develop a different approach other then before and after. I would like to take it up a few flights of steps.

I believe creating the idea of the the real vs. the ideal would be a good starting point. Now all I need to do is a. find a doll house b. find models c. get started

please share any thoughts

here a few web pages to check out of some interesting works:

http://www.johnstonimaging.com/index2.html

http://www.studiosatellite.com/

http://www.photoretouchingrestoration.com/Blog/?tag=types-of-photo-retouch