These are some of the outcomes from the best results from my test shoots I have been conducting over the past few weeks. The theme of these images is manipulation and playing on the idea of beauty. I wanted to break the common perception of ‘normal’ portraiture by photographing the sitter in a unflattering way opposed to standard portraits taken to make the sitter look their best. I made the photographs black and white to add depth and bring out the imperfections in the sitters face and to highlight the make-up and props I added to the photographs.