"Girl Culture," her next project, expanded upon one facet of the first: body image as expression of identity and reflection of cultural expectation. Her first major project, published in the book "Fast Forward: Growing Up in the Shadow of Hollywood," examined sexually accelerated, artifice-happy youth culture. She chronicles the external manifestations of mainstream America's compromised soul. and a member of the photo agency VII, has directed her attention since the early '90s to phenomena that arise out of our culture of excess problems born of economic affluence and social privilege, media saturation and the societal drive toward immediate gratification. Lauren Greenfield, a photojournalist based in L.A. For the "concerned photographer," a term coined in the late 1960s to describe a commitment to conscientious, humane witness, it's a matter of deciding where to turn, what to focus on and how. Opportunities abound for the documentarian of human misery: war, hunger, poverty, homelessness, domestic violence, abuse.
Photographs by Lauren Greenfield look at how external appearances can clash mightily with self-perceptions. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
We meet 15-year-old Brittany, who is convinced that being thin is the only way to gain acceptance among her peers Alisa, a divorced mother of two whose hatred of her body is manifested in her relentless compulsion to purge Shelly, who has been battling anorexia for six years and has had a feeding tube surgically implanted in her stomach as well as many others. These intimate photographs, frank voices, and thoughtful discussions combine to make "Thin" not only the first book of its kind but also a portrait of profound understanding. Alongside these personal stories are essays on the sociology and science of eating disorders by renowned researchers Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Dr. Greenfield's photographs are paired with extensive interviews and journal entries from twenty girls and women who are suffering from various afflictions. Critically acclaimed for "Girl Culture" and "Fast Forward", Lauren Greenfield continues her exploration of contemporary female culture with "Thin", a groundbreaking book about eating disorders.
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