Claude Cahun vs Frida Kahlo

Here is some of Kahlo’s work.

Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artefacts of Mexico, she died Died: July 13, 1954, in Mexico. Kahlo was best known for her uncompromising and brilliantly coloured self-portraits that deal with such themes as identity, the human body, and death. Although she denied the connection, she is often identified as a Surrealist as she captures beauty and self love in her images and she can relate and show a lot within her images as she’s reflecting her work with masc and fem.

Frida considered herself an individual. She embraced both her masculine and feminine side and helped break down barriers surrounding gender stereotypes. 

She Focused on the spotlight on raw and honest situations that women undergo, she showcased them through aspects of miscarriage, abortion, breastfeeding, birth etc.

I have chosen Fridha Khalo because she interests me within her type of photograph’s and I payed careful attention to the way she brings out masc and fem in her images.

Claude Cahun

He was a French surrealist photographer, sculptor, and writer. Schwob adopted the pseudonym Claude Cahun in 1914. Cahun is best known as a writer and self-portraitist, who assumed a variety of performative personae, Died: December 8, 1954, Saint Helier.

In 1944, Cahun and Moore were arrested and sentenced to death, but the sentence was never carried out, as the island was liberated from German occupation in 1945. However, Cahun’s health never recovered from her treatment in jail, and she died in 1954. Cahun is buried in St Brelade’s Church with partner Moore.

Despite the social restrictions of her time, Cahun refused to conform to gender norms, adopting a masculine appearance and using gender-neutral pronouns to assert her identity.

What pronouns did Claude Cahun use?

There are convincing arguments to be made for both she/her/hers and they/them/theirs; she/her/hers because that is what was used for Cahun when they were alive and used themself; they/them/theirs because of their oft-discussed detachment from being a woman or a man.

Cahun is best known as a writer and self-portraitist, who assumed a variety of performative personae. In her writing she consistently referred to herself as “elle” (she), and this article follows her practice; but she also said that her actual gender was fluid, which is why Frida Kahlo and Cahun are very similar. they both show senses of exploring identity and a theme of masculinity vs femini which shows so much in our society and shown different yet similar we are to each other.

This is one of Kahlos photos. It shows self of identity and you cant really tell if its masc or fem which is what is great about the photo.

Here is another one which you would think appears female but has some male traits which shows a sense of identity and how open Kahlo was before she passed.

Where as Claud uses more sperate ideas of the photo, such as..

The one on the left shows a bit of both ideas and angles of masc and fem whereas the photograph on the right shows masc traits and is clearly a male from what you can see.

Both artists use many different techinques to get there photo the way they wanted them too. Both showed theory of identity and loads of different themes within our world and society even today.