Cindy Sherman's Life And Accomplishments

The two portrait photographers, Cindy Sherman and JR have different approaches to photography. Cindy Sherman is a historical portrait photographer, while JR is a contemporary portrait photographer and active as of now. These artists have unique aesthetics and techniques used to capture images and distinguish themselves. Not only that but, their methods and interpretation on photography are complete foils of one another.

This was a famous photograph by Diane Arbus which created much controversy in the 60’s. These photos even today still have the power to cause disturbances in different viewers and create controversy amongst the media. Her relationship to her subject has always been the biggest question amongst all critiques. As compelling and hard to resolve as it is, the greatness of the photo should not be dismissed. As Lawrence Frascella asks in “Photographer Diane Arbus: A Slow Motion Analysis”; “are her photographs examples of exploitation?

Already on the first day of "Self: I as Image" course I already learned a lot about selfies. There is a deeper definition to a selfie then just taking a picture of yourself and uploading it on to either Snapchat, Instagram or even Facebook. Cindy Sherman, who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential artists in contemporary art" (Cindy Sherman | MoMA.). Sherman was born in 1954, watching her documentary really helped understand her personality, character and her hobby. Sherman has her art work showcased Sherman is clearly an independent woman in life. There would be days where she will not leave her house just so she could take self-portraits of herself.

More than 60 years have passed since the death of Frida Kahlo, a Surrealist Mexican painter. Frida Kahlo’s many talents were overshadowed by her husband’s fame during the course of her life. Yet, it wasn’t until her death and the early 1970’s where Frida’s artistic effort started to surpass that of her political and creative husband. Her biography is both depressive and particularly interesting. Many of her private moments and experiences are shared in her greatest pieces of art. Some of those valuable masterpieces contain her cherished possessions, in addition to them being the things that established her popularity and appreciation among distinct genders, cultures and ages around the world. Knowing this, it was in my interest to devote some quality time and effort to this woman whose life immediately captivated my attention and inspired me to understand and endure life as a woman.

I have always loved taking pictures. I think there is a difference from when I am taking photos of myself and when with others. When I am taking it for other people, I often take a few for the person and still offer if they want me to take another one. I do this just in case the person may want to change the way they are standing or something about their appearance in the photo. When it comes to me, I don't often take photos of myself unless I want to see how I look in a particular outfit. When taking a decent photo, the roles of clothing, accessories, and setting can alter the way you appear on camera. The more you wear decent clothes and have great lighting, the better the photo will be.

Kruger, Banksy and Gustav all her very different styles of art, but at the same time they are incredibly similar in the techniques they use in their work to put their message across. One of the main thing these three designers have/had in common is their limited colour palette and their use of heavy black and white imagery. The majority of black and white imagery is appropriate, as pairing it with one vibrant colour, for example, red, allows their message to be pushed across efficiently. Although they all use this style, their process for achieving this is completely different.

No other artist has ever made as extended or complex career of presenting herself to the camera as has Cindy Sherman. Yet, while all of her photographs are taken of Cindy Sherman, it is impossible to class call her works self-portraits. She has transformed and staged herself into as unnamed actresses in undefined B movies, make-believe television characters, pretend porn stars, undifferentiated young women in ambivalent emotional states, fashion mannequins, monsters form fairly tales and those which she has created, bodies with deformities, and numbers of grotesqueries. Her work as been praised and embraced by both feminist political groups and apolitical mainstream art. Essentially, Sherman's photography is part of the culture and

Cindy Sherman was born on January19, 1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. In Highschool, Cindy Sherman was big into painting, however toward the 1980's, she decided to move into photography. She did this so that she could ensue a "wide range of personas" (The Art Story). The way that Sherman could explore a wide range of personas was by self photography. The sexual and devious nature of women is really what got her brain going and what she strove to exploit and study. She used a variety of camera angles and makeup to generate illusions, and was able to exploit our self identities, and how unstable they truly are.

The artist whose lives have been a series of pain and suffering and disease, which filmed all this in her paintings creatively stunning.

Her portraits of people illustrate the world they live in, and where they seem to be going. One can memorize dates of significant events throughout history, but, unless one understands the feelings and thoughts of the people living during those times, one can't get the whole picture. Her method of journalism is to simply go somewhere and see what she can make of it. “When I went to San Francisco in that cold late spring of 1967 I did not even know what I wanted to find out, and so I just stayed around a while and made a few friends”

I'm choosing to do my report on the photographer Cindy Sherman. Cindy Sherman was born in 1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. She was the youngest of five children. She attended The State University College at Buffalo to study art. As a freshman, she started out studying paintings, but then became frustrated with the limitations of painting, she decided to use photography, which she studied for the rest of the time in college. After graduating in 1976, she moved to New York City to pursue a career in art. She began by taking pictures of herself, dressed up and posing as different characters, though the photographs weren't meant to portray her, but rather these characters she created (such as a prostitute, housewife etc), thus labeling them

Cindy Sherman was born in New Jersey in 1954. She attended buffalo State College. There she grew an interest in visual arts. She began painting but realized that there were limitations that slowed her work and ideas down. From there she took interest in photography. “I was meticulously copying other art and then I realized I could just use a camera and put my time into an idea instead.” says Sherman. Her primary focus was set on photography. Her, Robert Longo, Charles Clouhgh, and Nancy Dwyer created an arts center in Buffalo. Sherman produces her photography in a series which she usually shoots by herself. Sherman dresses up in a wide array of costumes and plays multiple roles, for example a model, director or hairstylist. Sherman’s work has

Female representation in contemporary art scarce compared to male artists, so these two pieces, Madame de Pompadour at Her Toilette and Self Portrait as a Tehuana are great examples of how women are presented and how they showcase themselves in similar ways although these were made almost two decades apart. At a glance they may seem like completely different works, but with further examination we are able to uncover their many similarities. Both works focus on self-representation, identity, fashion, and femininity.

By her own account, she “recovered [her] pleasure in making art very suddenly in late 1954” and rented her own studio in Bern, Switzerland. During that period she also began writing and branching out into other forms of creative production. She created costumes for a production by Daniel Spoerri of Picasso’s play Le Désir attrapé par la queue (1956; Desire Caught by the Tail). In 1959 she created a performance piece for a group of close friends in Bern: Spring Feast

When you think of Frida Kahlo what do you think off? I think of a strong woman full of courage. Know in days Kahlo is in inspiration for many woman. Her famous quotes are in woman’s skin as a symbol of love tours her. Frida was a woman that life gave her difficult situations which she turn to art for consonance. Frida broke boundaries with her art. Her art exhibition tells you more than words. She depicted her physical pain and struggles with graphic self-portrait. Looking at her art work you can feel the pain she was feeling at that moment. Her self-portraits takes you back to that moments that marked her for the rest of her life. This exhibition well show you the most tragic events of Kahlo’s life. This tragic events shaped the artist Frida