Fallen Princesses

These amazing photos are from Dina Goldstein and JPG Magazine. The insights are eye opening but this is sooo disturbing.Specially now that my daughter is starting to like stories and fairytales.

 Cinderella

"These works place Fairy Tale characters in modern day scenarios. In all of the images the Princess is placed in an environment that articulates her conflict. The '...happily ever after' is replaced with a realistic outcome and addresses current issues."

  Snowhite with four kids??

Rapunzel... suffering from some kind of illness

Not so little Red Riding Hood

 "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."

 Sleeping Beauty.

Princess Jasmine at war

Belle wants to remain "beauty"

"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."

                                                                                                             -Dina Goldstein