Dina Goldstein’s Fallen Princesses
Ninja July 6th, 2009
Dina Goldstein is best known for her photograph series—The Gaza Strip, The Trackrecord Project, and David Series. Her most recent photograph series, Fallen Princesses, takes a look Disney fairy tales striped of their happy endings.
These works place Fairy Tale characters in modern day scenarios. In all of the images the Princess is placed in an environment that articulates her conflict. The ‘…happily ever after’ is replaced with a realistic outcome and addresses current issues.
As a young girl, growing up abroad, I was not exposed to Fairy tales. These new discoveries lead to my fascination with the origins of Fairy tales. I explored the original brothers Grimm’s stories and found that they have very dark and sometimes gruesome aspects, many of which were changed by Disney. I began to imagine Disney’s perfect Princesses juxtaposed with real issues that were affecting women around me, such as illness, addiction, and self-image issues.
–Dina Goldstein
Belle from The Beauty and the Beast under the knife
Rapunzel in chemo
Snow White and her new brood
A still slumbering Sleeping Beauty has been moved into Prince Charming’s senior’s home
Via JPG Magazine
Thanks again for the tip, Ray!
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