A Different Interpretation Of The Fairy Tale Princess
And they lived happily ever after...
Well, not always!
Someone decided that Disney's interpretation of princess themed stories was not always accurate. To rectify this, they staged what it would really be like for these gals if they lived in the real world.
The project was inspired by my observation of three-year-old girls, who were developing an interest in Disney's Fairy tales. As a new mother I have been able to get a close up look at the phenomenon of young girls fascinated with Princesses and their desire to dress up like them. The Disney versions almost always have sad beginning, with an overbearing female villain, and the end is predictably a happy one. The Prince usually saves the day and makes the victimized young beauty into a Princess.
As a young girl, growing up abroad, I was not exposed to Fairy tales. These new discoveries lead to my fascination with the origins of Fairy tales. I explored the original brothers Grimm's stories and found that they have very dark and sometimes gruesome aspects, many of which were changed by Disney. I began to imagine Disney's perfect Princesses juxtaposed with real issues that were affecting women around me, such as illness, addiction and self-image issues.
War, a husband who doesn't help out, death, addicted to surgery, battling cancer, an eating addiction - all very real concepts. What do you this about the photo spread? I get that they are trying to be artistic and many woman find issues with the concept that a man always has to save the woman...
But when my daughter accidentally saw this picture, she got very sad and asked me what was wrong with Snow White. I don't think we should take anything away from our kids and this is erasing some of the magic. Just a thought...
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* Please note: thumbnails are not high quality
brilliant idea.
brilliant idea.??? what a sad idiot you are. i feel sorry for your kids. that's if you have any. and if you're planing on having any kids please reconcider the posibility of not even trying.
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You are a complete dumbass. I ususally don't just name call, but Jesus, that's someone's opinion and you are trying to piss all over it. Wow. Grow up.
These are obviously not meant for children and I wouldn't be sharing them with a young child.
This is disgusting. why do you want to post something as disturbing and cruel as this?? waoooo it must be a very slow monday. this site has become a joke and a sarcastic, delucional place to blog. i'm not trying to ignore the fact that love stories don't always have happy the ending, but come on a girl have the right to dream while they can and still innocent to all the crap that's going on in this world. of course is our job as mothers to let them know as they grow up that is not always the case. but have we become so detached from the sweet and amazing world of kids that now we gonna take this from them and turn them (kids) into unsensitive version of this people who think and do such things?? what a shame that this site is posting this disturbing crap.
Did you actually read the post or just check out the pictures?
"I don't think we should take anything away from our kids and this is erasing some of the magic. Just my two sense. "
Well obviously these photos aren't meant for kids. The photographer talks about her own fascination with fairy tales. She never says whether she will show them to her 3-year old or not. I mean, I'm pretty sure Jenna Jameson won't show her work to her kids. The photographer's right about Disney sugarcoating everything. I mean, watch the Little Mermaid and then read the original story by H.C. Andersen. You keep talking about how these photos will change little girls. Well little girls shouldn't look at 'em!
Now personally I think the photos are great. I loved fairy tales and Disney as a child and I still do. But I always wondered what would happen to the princesses if they lived in the real world.
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hi, i don't want to start a discussion but disney HAS CHANGED what fairy tales originally were: cruel, disturbing stories with a wagging finger and a full-of-moral and really not always happy ending. goldstein (the photographer) is imo returning to the more traditional ways of fairy tales rather than showing us s.th. new.
it's contemporary which some might see as a paradox to fairy tales and thus feel "weird" or "disturbing".
110100 points
Bravo. The purpose of the nursery tale is to FRIGHTEN CHILDREN and prevent them from doing something stupid. Disney does not create nursery tales. They create wish-fulfillments and fantasies. Judging by the responses of some of the adults here, these fantasies can indeed get under the skin, leading to unrealistic interpretations of the world.
That said, I would not show these pictures to a young child. I wouldn't play Marilyn Manson for them either, even though he's a genius. Not all art is created for children. Real art is created for adults.
Wow
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I think it is funny.
Some people are a lil too serious when it comes to stuff like this.
There is nothing funny about this. i can almost assure you that this people who think of this garbage are very sick and unhappy with the out come of their own lifes. and is so sad that they have to take their anger on our kids little magical sweet world is sickning.
this is art you moron, it is is not meant for kids....how stupid are you? but the way you spelled sickening tells me you havent been exposed to any sort of education above 2nd grade.
"haven't" you idiot. please make sure you look at you're own crap before you pick on others. cause god forbit i spell one or two or whatever word wrong there goes my whole life story.
It's YOUR, not YOU'RE, FORBID, not FORBIT...and the rest is too poorly worded to show you how to fix it. Why is this site so full of pathetic High School dropouts?
i think its genius! and its obvious that the photo spread is not meant for kids to look at. i think it is more disturbing that the person with the comment above didnt get that.
Wow people, relax. Just because these pictures exist doesn't mean children need to see them! I think it is smart and creative!
Wow people, relax. Just because these pictures exist doesn't mean children need to see them! I think it is smart and creative!
you're an moron. our children don't need to see them lol. then what's the point?? to give us a good laugh?? don't you think they can do something less cruel and disturbing as comedy?? but never mind to ask you is obvious you're brain dead.
OMG who is that moron who thinks that this is for kids! its ART you dumbass....look it up!!
who's the dumdass? art?? you're so sad. is this the kind of art you appreciate and give you're attention to?? that gives us a clear description of the kind of person you are. can you find something more productive and interesting than this crap that you so call "art" pathetic.
I think the pictures are brilliant. They're ment as art for adults, not something that we need to teach/show our children. It's nice to see a relatively realistic depiction of the fairy tale princesses.
Exactly! There is just one of the many 'Anonymouses' who refuses to see that.
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I agree.
PS I love your site! Keep up the good work!
For the people that are name calling- you obviously are not able to express your emotions as and adult should so why would you be able to understand or appreciate art meant for adults?
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What's the point of ruining a child's fun?
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Why? Did someone steal their candy? What kind of parent would show these photos to their kids?
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Idgaf, this is a good idea - kind of overdone, it's not the 1st time someone picks up a fairy tale & gives it a nowadays twist - but the execution is really poor. Not the theme, but the photos are just plain bad. The Cinderella one isn't posted here, but her dress looks really cheap & tacky, straight from the cheap masks store. They could have put a little effort to bring some quality to this photos.
And, needless to say, this isn't meant for kids to view. Obviously.
Ha! I love these pictures...it's realistic and it's an eye opening. although I wonder why they made prince jasmine HOT and everybody elses fat and ugly. LOL. some people here should lighten up - it's only a fvckin cartoon.
Realistic?? yeah because you propably are all of this combine. you are a unhappy piece of s.h.i.t who wishes had everything done to her body to feel better about yourself. and your husband/boyfriend/pimp does not give a f.u.c.k about your dumbass and play you all the time. what you should do is better your life since you think this is super ok.
It's just meant to make you think - and I think it does. Thanks for posting these!
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I personally think their is nothing wrong with fairytales for CHILDREN about princesses, magic, etc.
I like the Idea for the artistic pictures (for adults only) but like Gretel said it was poorly executed.
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Um... I get the idea behind it but I find it slightly disturbing; the plastic surgery one in particular is really gross and wrong, but whatever. And those pieces are OBVIOUSLY not to be seen by children. =^_^=
Oh look, she gets it! Ellie gets it!! (that's a first)
As far as art goes I think it's an interesting twist and unique idea. I just find it hard to accept the term "interpretation" for what she has done. No where in the stories can you come up with these outcomes in any twisted manner. What she has done is put them in real life situations; it has nothing to do with interpreting the stories. She took their physical characteristics and descriptions and played off of them. Like my sister said, art can be edgy and make people uncomfortable-but everyone is taking these pieces a little too seriously. Just look at it for what it is: art.
art?? this piece of crap is cheap and poorly staged. and you call it art!? what a pathetic looser you are.
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That's your opinion. Stop attacking people for having their own. Thanks!
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Well these are far more reality that any "reality show" out there. I like the idea of it, but fairy tales are meant to be just that. We spend too much time trying to teach our kids to think and grow-up and forget to just let them be kids - imagination and fantasy are wonderful for children and the developing mind. Let's not take that away from them. They will get their reality soon enough.
I think you meant two CENTS!
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I love these. I would have them up in my house even. Mostly the Rapunzel one.
The people that are taking this too serious. Fairytales have never truely been happy stories. Cindrella's sister gets the prince and it's from choping off her toes to fit into the shoe. When I have children I will not tell them the disney sugar-choated stories. They are fun watch but to tell a little kid that it's possible to happy is completely false hope.
What a f.u.c.k.i.n idiot you are lol. clearly you didn't even come close to a happy ending in your pathetic life.
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I think this is pretty interesting. Is the one in the yellow dress Belle from Beauty and the Beast? If so, that's upsetting. :(
this is just a more realistic interpretation for us adults, maybe it'd be better to introduce the concepts to children first before having their fairy tale world suddenly obliterated.
positivity and optimism are important values to instill in children, but the disney version where no bad thing is allowed to happen to good people may not be appropriate. because the truth is, bad things do happen to good people. the point is that there is beauty and strength to be found such instances.
You have no idea of what your talking about. you sound so damm idiotic and ignorant. grow up and call it for what it is CHEAP and HORRID.
Listen Vera - Disney isn't real for one, and the stories that they produce are in fact bad for children. Their stories are male-dominated - look at Beauty and the Beast! The beast actually ASSAULTS belle... and locks her in a tower. Is that a good message? NO!
Disney sends bad messages to children. These pictures just help prove that point.
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I hope you are aware that Disney didn't create the fairytales. Have you ever heard of Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, etc?
And beat her up and sexually abused her right?? that will be a bad messsage you moron. what a stupid idiot you are just stfu. you are so far from having your happy ending. i can really tell the type of crap your life is been. you don't even believe in disney stories and is your so frustrated with your sad little life that you need to bash a sweet thing that's meant for kids and should be for kids. but you wouldn't know that you've been too busy screwing up your pathetic life.
When did the people making comments on this site get so angry and mean? Art doesn't have to be appreciated or understood by everyone. It also doesn't have to sell to be art. Just look at the pictures, tell us what YOU think, not what you think everyone else should think!
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who exactly is this anonymous person bashing everybody here? it makes no senese other than to create conflict....
*i think the pictures are quite creative. not to be taken so seriously...
Vera moderate, please!
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God almighty. It's a sad day when we can't comment without someone writing "f.u.c.k. this" and "that's s.h.i.t.!" And all the while "lol"-ing. Sheesh.
Vera, it's free to become a member. Maybe it's time you stop allowing anonymous comments.
And what is that going to do according to you?? anonymous or nor we're still going to say whatever we want to say. so chilax fart face!
Why can't they just leave well enough alone? Disney is just a fantasy for kids that's it, just a fantasy! With all the horrible things that are awaiting our children when they grow up whay can't we just let them enjoy themselves now with harmless fantasies? Disney hasn't caused kids to have issues.. Our messed up society has already taken care of that.
Wow. Can't believe some of the words that are coming out of the mouths of obvious babes. It's that or some people have real issues with anything that doesn't settle neatly into the cookie cutter existance they've 'created' for themselves. Sadly, since (I will assume) most of us posting here live in a free country anyone can say what ever they wish. Much like these photos are displaying. You don't like it? Don't look. These photos are NOTHING compared to photos posted in any REAL mag with journalistic integrity.
I don't understand the reason for so much name-calling, can't you have a real discussion?
Anyway the pictures should have better quality, but I think they are interesting.
And this is obviously for adults, you are not going to make children look at Belle doing plastic surgery.
And kids can still have their fairy tales anyway, nobody is saying that they can't have it. They are just using the Disney Princesses to show some real life problems.
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