Strike a pose: Research uncovers what's behind image in the modelling industry
Friday, November 19, 2010 - 08:10
in Mathematics & Economics
The casting sessions aren't just for movie stars, but what is involved in casting decisions that can launch fashion models to fame - or at the very least - to land a job? Stephanie Sadre-Orafai, a University of Cincinnati assistant professor and socio-cultural anthropologist, spent 11 months of fieldwork at a premiere casting agency in New York to uncover the decisions that happen behind the scenes of the glossy photos and slick commercials. Her research, 'Polaroids and Go-Sees: Casting Encounters, Casting Epistemologies,' was presented Nov. 17 at the 109th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in New Orleans...