SJOTIME PHOTOGRAPHY

 Amber-Alice

 Chelsea-Pocahontas

 Sheryl-Jasmine

 Carrie-Cinderella

 Kaela-Belle

 Kari-Mulan

 Jordyn-Meg

 Lexi-Ariel

Holden-Prince Charming

 

When we think of Disney, we think of happy-go-lucky,beautiful characters with happy ever after stories. What I wanted to show in this series was the side that viewers never get to see from these characters, and that is their dark side. Disney movies are not meant to be dark and scary, but the idea that they could be intrigued me to shoot this project.  When I think about the story lines Walt Disney created, there is a way to interpret them in the opposite fashion. There are two sides to every story, and I wanted to explore the question of, "What if Disney is truly interpreted in two different ways?" Personally, I have only interpreted the Disney characters above as I thought they should be... pretty, perfect, and fairy tale like. But, what if these goody good characters became their enemies from the stories? For example, Meg is known as the one who saves Hercules, but in my picture, she has become the one who holds the blue flames of Hercules' enemy, Hades. Likewise, Belle is holding a black rose signifying death, compared to the red rose in the story that keeps the beast alive. Also, most Disney movies are based and named after girls such as "Pocahontas, Alice in Wonderland, Mulan..etc." but there is one man in almost every Disney movie that people remember and that is Prince Charming. In most cases, Prince Charming is deemed as the perfect man with charm and strength, but lacks the identity Disney girls have. Therefore, the epitomy of Prince Charming is shown, but in a rather mysterious and less approachable way than normal. The black back drop on the characters releases the idea that maybe these characters don't have the bright and colorful story we all thougth they had. What if they have been their enemies all along?