Cindy Sherman Cindy Sherman is a photographer, whose career revolves around challenging the roles of the subjects depicted in her artwork and her role as the artist. She leaves the interpretation of each piece entirely to the viewers, which is why the majority of her work is titled “Untitled” (with the respective number after) and why she refuses to call her work “self portraits”. The lack of titles and description of her pieces force the viewer to analyze on their own terms and jump to their own
1979 by photographer, Cindy Sherman. Sherman is known best for her conceptual portraits where she photographs herself in a variety of different costumes and poses to show herself as a different character with a completely different persona. Sherman usually shoots in her studio alone and so in order for her to create these photographs she must take on many different roles including the director, the hair stylist, make-up artist, wardrobe stylist as well as being the model. Cindy Sherman’s untitled film
“Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Still #21” Amra Causevic Photography In American Society November 6, 2014 Known for her character impersonating self portraits in which she depicts a variety of characters which features female stereotypes in various social and cultural roles1, where she is both the subject and photographer. Cindy Sherman, was born in Glen Ridge New Jersey in 1954. She grew up living a portion of her youth in Huntington Long Island where she adopted a fascination for film
Cindy Sherman was well known for her photographs that looked like they were stills from films. They are staged portraits of herself in clothing that suites the background and it seems as though she is an actor in a film. The décor, lighting, clothing and the scene is exquisitely prepared and directed as that of a real film. Sherman dressed up as characters when she was young initiating a passion for characters and recreating the images on screen to a photograph. Collections of wigs, costumes, makeup
socially-constructed, or pre-determined and engraved in one's soul which always retains - unlike the socially conceived idea of identity which eventually ceases to exist as death takes its toll. Hence, within this essay I will be studying the photographic works and intentions of Sarah Moon and Cindy Sherman as both these artists follow the surrealist, eerie and extraordinary aesthetic I am fascinated by; as well as address and aim to capture and present identity in their art in the most interpretative and evocative
Introduction My biggest concern with documentary photography is that there exists the notion that documentary photography should be truthful. During my studies I’ve learned allot about narratives and photographic strategies, but little has been mentioned about ethics. Documentary photography has been described as a form, a tradition and a style however there is not one single definition of the word. I’m interested in the line between the photograph as a document of something and the photograph as
elements which combine to form this theme. The Gothic as a genre is not something which just emerged ripe and ready for exploitation into the modern era. (Spooner, 2006) It is profoundly concerned with the past, it has a history. The aim of this extended essay is to focus on the seduction of the Gothic