Overview of the 50's

Life Magazine, images through the 50's. It is interesting to see as an overview what happened in the 50's because our 'housewife' feels that this era is something to hold onto and to her is perfect, which is why this is part of the narrative we are building for her.

We are thinking about having family portraits of the US presidents from this time period with images of our model with them to emphasise her idea of a perfect life (being with a highly thought of man). Though looking at the presidents within this era we may decide to make this idea more contemporary by having the current president in a composite with our model. Hopefully viewers will be able to understand that this is set in the present but the 'housewife' feels that the 1950's were the perfect era to live in, which is why she styles her life in this way.

US Presidents in the 50's

Harry S Truman (1945-1953) 33rd US president

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) 34th US president