Photographer Annie Leibovitz recently released three new photographs to add to her Disney Dream Portraits collection. The first photo is of Olivia Wilde playing the Evil Queen from Snow White and Alec Baldwin as the Magic Mirror. The second photo is of Queen Latifah as Ursula from The Little Mermaid and the third, Penelope Cruz and Jeff Bridges as Belle and the Beast from Beauty and the Beast.
The photos reflect society's need to make the old, new again. What is the need or even the point of recreating scenes from famous animated Disney movies with well-known actors and actresses? Even when I went onto the Disney site, it didn't reveal why they had them made. Sometimes the treasures of the past really need to be left alone. But society is afraid of the old and seems to need it to become new again or else it can't be enjoyed.
These photos are more inspiring in the sense that it makes me want to be more original. How can one gain satisfaction from something that's already been done? Especially when it's almost a carbon copy. Artists are very susceptible to criticism, but the more unoriginal and nostalgic it is, the more likely it is to be accepted by the populous. That is why it inspires me. I don't want to make what everyone else is because I know I'll be accepted. I want to make something that I like; that I feel represents me.
