The artist pink is positioned centre frame in the mise en scene which makes her the main focus on the CD cover. Her stance is relaxed and careless as she is leaning on a gas pump, this connotes her rebellious attitude, as her position could be seen intimidating in a way but the demographic will interpret this a 'cool'.
The artists costume is black which encodes the artist as a dark character, and also shows that she is conforming with the stereotypical colour of black.
The feminist Laura Mulvey argues her theory of 'The male gaze'. She says women are objectified and are continuously portrayed in a sexual way. The artist does conform to this theory as her costume is provocative due to her lack of clothes. However this does convey that she is a bold and outrageous character which can reflect her music through her image. The dirt on her body tells the audience that this character isn't a typical feminine girl.
Her image combined with the setting of a garage challenges the male dominance and gender of females as the setting is a associated with males. The fact that she is portrayed in a masculine environment matches the genre of the female pop/ rock genre as the artists in this genre are known stereotypically as unconventional characters.
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