- Inspired by Cindy Sherman Female Stereotypes
Her other photoshoots that focus on female stereotypes were taken in a time where its a little different now so I will focus on keeping the theme in the years hers were taken and attempt a recreation. As well as this, I could also show the photos in a different perspective and contrast what it was like then to now. These photos can be taken at home or can be taken in the studio and I can bring in props/costumes. For some photos, they will just focus on the basic stereotypes, For example, football and basketball are commonly seen as embodying masculinity, while dance and gymnastics are feminized. I am planning on getting a friend to show the stereotypical girl sport of dance by using the studio and having her wear her dance outfit.
2. Inspired by Cindy Sherman Face Distortion
Cindy Sherman has many photoshoots that focus on the female stereotypes. She also has more recent photos that focus on the face. In these photographs, she replaces parts if the face with someone else’s to create a more abstract image. I am going to try and create my own photoshoots with both of these ideas.
For creating the photoshoot such as the one above, I am going to aim to take portraits of people in the studio. I am going to involve a minimum of two people. However, I could also focus on the same person but experiment with the colour by adding black and white aspects rather than completely switch part of a face with someone else’s. This photoshoot would be straightforward as it would just mean taking simple portraits which would then be edited on photoshop.
3. Opposites
Another idea I had was to picture women in the usual roles of men. this could be by profession or activities that would be a typical masculine job. For example, if you think of an important business person who’s very high up and important the majority of people would picture a man. So in my photos I want to reverse the general stereotypes. These photos can be taken at home or can be taken in the studio and I can bring in props/costumes.
4. Duane Michals inspired: Reflections with multiple photos:
I am going to focus this photoshoot on the femininity theme and also make most of them self portraits. I am going to aim to take photos using a mirror doing usual girl stuff, eg applying mascara. I will have to take these photos in different stages because in the example above, the subject is moving her head in different directions to make sure each photo if different to the rest. So I will have to think of ways each of my own photos can be different.
5. Duane Michals inspired Double Exposure
I also want to do a shoot like this which is also inspired by Michals. I am going to do one of myself and then possibly another one of the opposite gender.
This photoshoot wont be taken in the studio and will be taken at home as it’ll need to be in a natural setting.
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Photoshop attempts of what I want to do (Photoshoot 2)
