Inspirations | Photographers and artists

Obviously I am taking inspiration from the work of Cindy Sherman and her self portraits of taking on different female personas. I am also taking inspiration from Claude Cahun and her work where she smudges the line between the separateness of males and females. I think that this is very relevant and is now growing with fashion changing and people becoming more accepting and open to a new normal. These two are my main feminist photographer inspirations as I find their work so strong and I have always learnt a great deal from them but recently I have started to take a keen interest in the work of Yoko Ono, more specifically her work titled Cut Piece which is a very powerful video. Likewise, I have taken a lot of inspiration from surrealist photographers including Christopher McKenney and his horror surrealism which I absolutely love and find it so unique, it really stands out to me as well as the work of Brian Oldham. Both surrealist photographers work is different and I love to look at all of them. This is the effect that I want to have on my spectator, I want them to see my images and for them to stand out to them. I want to make images that give impact and that make my spectator stop and rethink and evaluate the way that they look at the world and life. I have already looked into the work of these photographers and have found out a fair amount about all of them but I want to compare and contrast them towards one another so that I can see which would be the best to write a response and essay about.

Cindy Sherman website: http://www.cindysherman.com
Claude Cahun website: http://courses.washington.edu/femart/final_project/wordpress/claude-cahun/
Yoko Ono website: http://imaginepeace.com
Christopher McKenney website: http://www.christophermckenney.com
Brian Oldham website: http://brianoldham.format.com/#1

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