Bratz Vs Barbie

Bratz Vs Barbie is a photography series by Jill Greenberg. Jill is a very well known photographer who tackles subjects that most people ignore. This particular image is just one from the series. She took a children's idol and a very well known image and turned it into something completely different and more realistic. She took Barbie out of the fake environment in which she was created and placed her in reality. In stead of simply changing Barbie's appearance, she gave her a black eye. She is bringing to light issues such as abuse and violence. Problems we often face in the real world.

I came across the image on accident and after doing some research on the photographer and the series, I found it quite intriguing. Her series also went along with my final project about self image and gave me another perspective on it. Children grow up on Barbie with her perfect features and her perfect world and its hard for them to draw the line between that fantasy world of Barbie and the real world. Greenberg aslo touches on other children's dolls such as Bratz Dollz. Although they are not as perfect as Barbie, they still have a particular image that just is not reality.