Cindy Sherman's Three Artists

I have chosen Sally Mann as my artist as she is an extraordinary photographer that went against the grain to create something completely different. She has a strange way of making outstanding, personal imagery. She inspires my own work because of her ability to see things others would not.

An artist that inspires me is Diego Fazio. He makes intricate realism drawings of people in a way that requires great artistic skills. His work shows great control and understanding over light and perspective. He showed me that realism can be a beautiful form of art that is able to reflect an artist’s emotions effectively. One of my favorite artworks of his is a drawing of a girl with water pouring over her face called “ Reflesso”. No matter how long you stare at the drawing you will not believe that it is not a photograph. My other favorite is called “ La Mia Gioia”. It is of a man who appears to be choking and in pain. The drawing reflects Fazio’s emotions in a distinctive way that echoes his personal experiences.

Jane Addams, what a powerful name without saying anything about her. But not too many people know the great lasting impact she has had on our society. Being one of the founding people of sociology and the only woman, expectations was held high for her. I believe this generation should know her influences, the contribution to society and her significant impact.

Pablo Picasso, a standout amongst the most perceived figures of the twentieth century workmanship who co-made such styles as Cubism and Surrealism, was additionally among most imaginative, persuasive, and productive specialists ever.

When I was assigned this project I had a hard time choosing an artist. I really do not know much about influential artists so I was pretty lost. I thought I would chose someone everyone knew about like Picasso. But they did not meet the criteria for the artist we were supposed to chose and I would not have a lot to say about them besides the obvious that everyone knew. I realized that I did not have too much to say about them. I needed to write five pages about a artist. The artist I chose would have to be someone more interest , someone I could relate to someone's work who inspired or influenced me. I did a lot of research and I stumbled upon Kara Walker.

Pablo Picasso, although usually known as just Picasso. His full name though is actually: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso. His signature is worth more than some of his paintings. In fact in some restaurants he just drew a quick face and then signed it (when he was famous). He was one of the most well known people in the 20th century. He was born in 25th of October 1881 in Malaga, Spain, and then died on the 8th of April 1973 Mougins, France. He was a: painter, drawing, sculpture, print making, and ceramics.

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.

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.

The artist I researched is Cindy Sherman. She is a American Photographer born on January 19, 1954 in Glen Ridge, New jersey. Her parents had five children and Cindy was the youngest of them all. Her parents were not quit interested in art. Her dad was a engineer and her mom was a teacher. In the early 1970s, Cindy enrolled at State University of New York to study art. There, Cindy discovered that painting was not her gift. Cindy stated, "I didn't want to make 'high' art, I had no interest in using paint, I wanted to find something that anyone could relate to without knowing about contemporary art. I wasn't thinking in terms of precious prints or archival quality; I didn't want the work to seem like a commodity." She could not express her artwork through panting. Instead, she began to take photos.

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

I chose Andy Warhol for my paper. His art is so fancy and eye-catching. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, August 6, 1928. He started doing art after he contacted illness. His mother was an artist and encouraged Andy while he was recovering from Chorea. She rewarded Andy by giving him delicious sweets mostly chocolate bars, when he finished a page in his coloring book.

John lennon was a very interesting person. He had started a peace movement, He changed people's views and He always managed to make his family happy.

His name was Andy Warhol. His work impacted the world. People even say he changed the world. People said he was strange in many ways. He was just a very complex person. despite the things said about and his work was very impacting to everyone around him. He was born on the eve of great depression. He was an Ethic polish with a big nose and people would talk about him but he didn’t let come it come between him and his work. Art was basically the only thing he ever had in life which explains why he was so passionate about it. He understood politics and some even called him a politician. He grew up in a ghetto neighborhood

thoughts. Over the years of history, artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and many

I choose Cindy Sherman, when searching for a photographer that I wanted to research. What caught my eye was the amazing variety of tools that were presented in the photograph.