In the Fallen Princesses project, photographer Dina Goldstein explores alternate outcomes for Disney's princesses. What if "happily ever after" didn't pan out? JPG Magazine publishes more of her thoughts and a preview of the series here. Poor Rapunzel.
Hilarious.... sorta. ;-)
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Wow, those are powerful. And a little scary. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteLove it!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Makes you stop and think about the "happily ever after" story model.
ReplyDeleteHa....I just saw these on the web a few days ago. My favorite is Jasmine.
ReplyDeleteIt's refreshing. Why should those girls get all the good stuff?
ReplyDeleteI think the Rapunzel shot is the most poignant.
ReplyDeleteI'm going through a rough time right now. Boyfriend just found out his cancer is back. He's shut me out of his life so completely, that I think I have to move on. It's painful and it's so hard to reconcile all the dreams we had with reality.
ReplyDeleteThese make sense to me. Everyone, everyone has to deal with reality. You can't escape it. And there comes a point where you need to stop mourning and make the most of what you have.
Thanks for pointing me to this wonderful photo artist. I just sent the link to my 21-year-old daughter who STILL thinks she's Cinderella. Maybe not now!
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I'm such a fallen princess. . . I can relate :D
ReplyDeleteWhat a great link to a great project! Thanks :-)
ReplyDeletethis is really unique, very intersting
ReplyDeletevery interesting project... thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThose are absolutely hysterical!
ReplyDeleteI wrote about these yesterday as well! the national radio here was doing a story on female portrayal as princess in animated movies, and I started searching. The artist is from Vancouver, here in Canada!
ReplyDeleteI have a background in Women's Studies and find these to be very interesting and complex in their production. Love it!
ReplyDeletepoor rapunzel indeed. that one was just sad.
ReplyDeleteHaving spent too many days watching disney princess movies with my daughter, I came to some conclusions about what happened after "Happily Ever After!"
ReplyDeletePrincess Charming Mother never let Snow White forget that she had been living with seven little men.
Cinderella's Father-in-Law, the King, had her step-sisters and step-mother beheaded as a wedding present while she was on her honeymoon.
I think I had one more, but the little girl that watched all those videos is now a big girl.It has been too many years.
I really like this series. It's both moving and humorous at the same time. Nothing like a little cognitive dissonance to start the day.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing such cool stuff. Love your blog!
I for one will take Happily Ever After any day over these images. I find these images just very disturbing!
ReplyDeleteThat's excellent!
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i linked, and forwarded, and then laughed 'til i had a headache.
ReplyDeletemy favorite is snow white, maybe because i worked at disney.
the real snow white was blonde, and smoked.
Wow... I haven't heard of these series before, but I love this pic already. Now let me google for a minute...
ReplyDeleteThis was a great link. I always wonder about some fairy tales and how they started. Scary!
ReplyDeletea French song of "Téléphone" tells that story
ReplyDeleteThe series makes me wonder why people teach their daughters that "Happily ever after" line. What a disservice to we women. Bad things happen to good people, and children need to learn that early. I can think of so many other pictures of fallen princesses that could be done. The runaways, the junkies, the prostitutes.....I don't think any mother ever foresaw those things for their newborn daughters. Or their sons, for that matter. I find the series so incredibly sad that it makes me want to cry. I can't imagine anyone finding it funny.
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