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"All the Things You Can Advertise With Red Heels"

Project type

Medium format, Mamiya RZ67, color film

Date

May 2024

Location

Hamilton College

We consume so much advertising every day that we might not realize the sinister possibilities lurking beneath it — like the potential for murder.

Have you ever questioned what commercials are really promoting? Is it just a lipstick or the sexuality and desirability behind it? Are you paying for a wallet or to support a statement on women’s corrupted nature? Are you just buying Rolex or agreeing with an attack on man’s ego?

What are you actually being sold? A product or a stereotype? A product or a discrimination? A product or an insecurity? In this collection, I wanted to point out the evil duality of commercials.

© 2025 by Varvara Aristakesyan.

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