This is an insight to who Vee is and what she does, featuing examples from her collections, and explaining the meanings behind them.

2. “I don’t like to follow the crowd.
I like to seduce, with images that are at once disturbing and beautiful,
but leaving a space for the viewer to enter my world.
My portraits combine elements which evoke conflicting
emotions that can surprise the viewer, telling a story that is somewhere
between fantasy and reality, the obvious and the unexpected.” – Vee Speers.
Vee Speers has 5 collections:
~Thirteen
~Immortal
~The Birthday Party
~Parisians
~Bordello

3. Thirteen is a collection about Vee’s daughter, it represents the change from child to
teen, and all the struggles and changes that comes with it.
The photos all consist of very good lighting techniques, the colour themes against the
plain background sets the emotion and helps you sense the mood of the collection.
I like the collection, because the costumes, props, and effects make the photos look
pretty and really works with what the collection is representing.

4. Vee Speers’ photo based art is a collection
that portrays natural beauty, the idea of
eden-like nature. By setting the models
against a picturesque background, it brings
out the element of young beauty, but they
seem isolated, exposed and vulnerable,
distant, and confronted by echoes of
subliminal fears and insecurities.
Vee describes the models as tragic fallen
angels, looking out into an uncertain future,
unaware of how they are naturally beautiful.
I like the glossy look to the pieces, and the
choice of backgrounds.

5. The Birthday Party is a collection made up of photographs of children in different
costume. The message is to represent children dressing up to transform into a
princess, soldier, boxer, etc, and the portraits remind us of our own childhood, poised
for adventure and fun. The way that play can take you away from your situation for a
while, and disclose underlying realities of the modern world.
I like this collection because the stance and facial expressions of the children, looking
directly to the camera, adds overwhelming imagery, and triggers thoughts to children
today, and modern society.

6. Parisians is a collection based on eye for detail against
dramatic backdrops, reminiscent of the early touring
circus shows. All the photographs were taken in France,
where the collection is based.
‘Paris is one of those cities where people can express
themselves as they like, and no-one bats an eye-lid. It’s
easy to be inspired here.’

7. This collection is made up of pictures of beautiful women,
and it causes the viewer to merge with the surroundings,
entering an almost dream-like vision, escaping a vile
reality. The distance between the photographer and the
subject become hazy, losing definition and imagination
overpowers all.
“She shows beauty where beauty can be terribly absent.”