Athena is the Goddess of War and Wisdom. She has a number of different qualities and symbols from which she can be represented with. Athena is Zeus’ favorite daughter as a Mother did not give birth to her, instead she fought her way out of Zeus’, skull in which she made herself a full body of armor from the inside of his head, hence she was given the title Goddess of War.
For this photo shoot, I wanted to show symbolism by researching into different aspects of her representations.
Wisdom - Owl
Bravery and Courage - Thyme
Chess - Strategic Battle
Olive oil - Athena was the bearer of the olive tree to the Greeks.
Gold leaf - the gods have a golden honey like substances instead of blood.
I was playing around with lighting and just trying to get used to being in the studio again, hence why the lighting is not brilliant and the background can be seen quite a lot in some of the images, but that’s OK as I have learnt that now and know what to do to prevent this next time.
