A reinterpretation of Charles Revson's 1960 Cosmopolitan article, shot on my great-grandfather's Pentax P3. Exploring femininity, beauty, and what's changed — and what hasn't.
This project is my reinterpretation of Charles Revson's 1960 Cosmopolitan article, What I Don't Know About Women. I was really drawn to the way the original piece tries to define femininity and beauty so confidently, and I wanted to explore what that looks like now.
I shot these images on my great-grandfather's Pentax P3, which felt important to the process. Using his camera added this layer of connection to the past, while the subject and styling reflect a more modern, self-aware perspective.
The result sits somewhere between then and now. It keeps the visual language of a 1960s beauty editorial, but introduces a woman who feels more in control of how she's seen. I was interested in that tension — what's changed, what hasn't, and what still feels a little unknowable.