In a generation where physicality and associated characteristics an individual is born possessing have become the starting point for the image they will ultimately manifest, an investigation into representations of the female form throughout art and cultural history seems futile and outdated.  I am proposing to explore the evolution of the way female image has been represented, and subsequently presented to its audience as a vehicle to communicate different issues, by artists, photographers and the media. I will be paying particular attention to the gaze, composition, and period and social/cultural climate of production