Maryiln Minter Billboards

During March three enormous billboards took over the streets in Chelsea. The New York artist, Marilyn Minter, had taken high fashion shots for magazines. She then transformed these glamorous images into messy, more human images. The original images were of perfectly manicured feet in gorgeous name brand shoes. She took those pictures and splattered them with mud and grime. She did three of these, Shit-Kicker, Splish Splash and Runs, and Mud Bath.

I felt that this project was effective and where she placed it was smart also. New York is notorious for its high fashion and runway shoes. She took the name brand shoe out of that high fashion world and placed it in the real world that is not all glitz and glamor. I understood her message even without reading the description and think she did a successful job in photoshop. It really looks like she took the picture that way. It also brings attention to why people are so hung up on these name brand objects in the real world when they don't look the same as in the glamor/fashion world. A pair of Prada shoes in mud doesn't look much better than a pair of PayLess shoes in mud.