Gas masks inspiration

The concept of the unconscious mind has proved a source of considerable frustration because it defies objective description and is extremly difficult to objectively test or measure. 

Inspiration for a shoot using gas masks comes from the element of not knowing who you could meet in a dream I want to create an image where two strangers connect and meet but there faces are obscured and unrecognisable meeting in another realm that is a true assurance in dream for many people. This idea has come from the idea from the connection on social media. Social media is like another realm you don't know who you are going to meet and come across especially on social media platforms such as Facebook and the popular app tinder. I want two models for the shoot both being female and I plan to decorate two gas masks in studs. I could keep the masks plain but I feel by decorating them it adds to the mystery of the look and creates a current looking image that relates to fashion. I plan to photograph this look on a location I feel it will add to the image rather than being in a studio creating a odd location in the middle of nowhere almost like a dream where you are lost in a darkened forest and on social media where you image is lost in a screen. 'Dreaming is a reminder that we have very powerful instincts, emotions and even inclinations of madness that then become suppressed when awake'

The gas masks