Since her childhood, Cécile Plaisance (French, b. 1973) has photographed things she finds beautiful. Plaisance’s work links Barbie to the woman of today, playing with her femininity and taking on many lives at once: a beauty icon in magazines, while remaining an accomplished housewife, flirting in her convertible, cheeky at the beach, ecstatically happy for spring break, the executive woman at the office, autonomous, ageless, and in the end, terribly alone. Over and above the myth of a woman being an object, Plaisance strips the idol of childhood, supporting the challenges of women today to defend their rights, their desires, and maintain their gained freedom. Plaisance uses a technique of lenticular developing, superimposing images; Barbie appears to undress in function of our position in front of the photo.