Cindy Sherman
Several articles we've discussed have mentioned Cindy Sherman's project, "Untitled Film Stills." Sherman is major contemporary photographer, and this project has often been mentioned because of the way it calls atention to the ways in which gender identity is constructed in film.
Here's a short post about Sherman from Feministing.
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I think it creates a pretty specific mood, one associated with contemplation or reflection. I'm not sure I can go beyond that, but I think it also adds to the "reality effect" of the images. If she were smiling, I think the images would seem more artificial.
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