This series is one of my university projects based on the idea of "My World". When considering my world I thought about how it is bombarded with consumerism and vanity and how these are used to feel good about ourselves as women. This series focuses on this female need to continuously improve ourselves and make ourselves look better, constantly using mirrors as a tool of judgement.

However, despite the extensive amount of time using several commodities and beauty processes to finish their "getting ready process", do these women really look satisfied? Are any women ever really satisfied when they look in the mirror? Or will they always have a continuous circle of effort and disappointment? This series presents a final "ready" shot of each subject, with no direction to pose, yet there is a strange likeness in each of their facial expressions. One of disappointment perhaps?

"Everywhere, we see women and girls looking in mirrors, nervously checking who they are. Some grimace; others stare intently and some pose; few flash back at the mirror a smile of happy, relaxed recognition. Women understand this kind of hyperconcern because most of us have a love-hate relationship with our own full-length and magnifying mirrors. We rely on the mirror (and also the scale) to assess personal worth and establish who we are, although both devices fail us as meaningful sources of mental and spiritual nourishment while we mature and age."

- Joan Jacobs Bromberg