Cindy Sherman is an American photographer and filmmaker Cindy Sherman is recognised for her conceptual portraits, especially those that fit in the categories of feminist and contemporary art. She was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, on January 19, 1954, and became popular in the late 1970s for her series of self-portraits in which she represented herself as a variety of characters.
Cindy Sherman often explores gender, identity, and how women are portrayed in the media. Her “Untitled Film Stills” series, which she portrayed characters resembling the traditional roles for women in Hollywood and European films from the 1950s and 1960s. The untitled film stills series is one of her best-known works. Cindy Sherman questions accepted standards and explores the flexibility and creates nature of identity through her artwork.
Cindy Sherman is recognised as one of the most important photographers in her industry and her work has had an influence on modern art and photography. Her ability to change her appearance and challenge traditional stereotypes/ideas of portraiture has made an impact in creative arts.
In this image above it shows a woman wearing a towel and staring into a mirror. The photo has her central which shows that she is the focal point, the image is in monochrome this gives the image more of a serious emotion to it. The woman in the photo has no clothes on and only has a little towel to cover herself, by doing this the focus of the image is now her body and how she looks. This photo is called subverting the male gaze, the male gaze is the act of portraying women and the world from a masculine, heterosexual perspective. Presenting and representing women as sexual objects for the enjoyment of the heterosexual male viewer. The title of this image suggests that she is trying to get rid of the male gaze. The tone of this image gives it a serious, creepy effect this is because she is alone in the bathroom and it looks like this image has been taken without her knowledge.