Check out the SELF PORTRAIT work of Cindy Sherman at the link below.
Click the arrows right below the images and take a look at some of her 'character' self portraits.
She was (and is) a very successful photographer who used HERSELF as a subject for about 30 years...
What do you think of her idea?
What do you think of her work?
WHY MIGHT someone only use THEMSELVES as a subject?
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/sherman/sherman_7_full.html
31 comments:
its tricky, but its a good idea. Her pix=creepy as hell(God, that clown!). self portrait is easier because you only have to deal only with yourself.
j plotner
I think her idea is stupid.I think her work is not good. I don't know why anyone would just picture themselves.
J.golovin
I think that her idea is really good. I think that it is very creative. I think someone might just use themselves so people can see them in different ways.
K.Frost
I don't like her idea. I don't like her work. I don't know why someone would do this.
S Lucero
Her idea is definitely different. I just feel like it'd be awkward to take pictures of yourself all the time rather than take pictures of someone else. And she has the same expression in every picture. It doesn't show a wide variety of her emotions or tell anything about her.
A. Paolo
I hate these self-portraits. They're pointless and kind of stupid. Someone like this would only use themselves as a subject because they have no friends to photograph and no better ideas but to make themselves look awkward.
T.Allen
I think her idea is abstract and show a lot of character. Her work is different to say the least but I find it rather nifty. I would use myself as a subject because I know the most about myself and I know what I would think of the portrait even if other people didn't understand it. I would be able to read myself where as others can't
ASimmons
I think her idea of a self-portrait is kinda creepy. I don't like this at all because, well...that's just me. She might have done better art work in the past, but this one is dumb.
S.Ward
I don't really get what the idea is. I like her work. I like how they are sort of like an action shot. Someone might only use themselves, cause it may be easier for them, or they are conceided.
R. Borchard
This is a true wizard of photography; absolutely stunning. Her pictures are the bane of the less gifted of finger mashing buttons at perfect angles. Her sense of lighting really illuminates my heart.t.Eliason
Well.. She is defiantly different.. Personally I think her work is very weird, and rather pointless. I am deathly afraid of clowns so that picture really freaked me out. Also, I think that anyone that ONLY uses themselves as a subject is very full of themselves and only cares about themselves but also needs other to see her and she wishes to be seen and not as she actually is. Her work is very different and I have never seen anything like that before but I don't like it, I think that it is rather pointless and in most of them it looks like she is trying to be sexy and she is just trying to hard and it makes her look stupid.
S.Thomson
I think that her idea is weird. I think that she should expand her work from just taking pictures of herself, because it's predictable. I think that a person might use themselves as their subject, because they are infatuated with their appearance.
R. Lundy
I find it very interesting. I Think Her work is really good. All of her pictures display emotion. I think she used herself in the picture because she probably didn't feel comfortable telling others what to do. Also, she could dress up as whatever and make it perfect and just how she wanted it to be.
J. Schnell
I think her portrait ideas are very unique and interesting. Her eyes never look directly into the camera and all of the surroundings in the portraits are cool. Someone might only use themselves in a subject because there is so many things you can do with a portrait and it can be all about them.
JSatter
I like her idea of giving the people in the portraits characters or as victims in others. I do like how in her work, some of the poses seem similar, but the photo in general is very different from all of the others. Someone may use only themselves in order to show different sides of them or to show their life experiences in all different ways but without having to crowd everything into one photo.
A.Ingram
I think her idea is cool and creative. I think her work is very good. I think someone might use themselves as a subject because it could tell something about them, like what they are like or something that they like.
M.Bookout
She has a very wide range of self-portraits.She spends a lot of time on them. I don't know why she would take some of these photos of herself. She probably had a reason behind every one that i just don't know of.
C. Schweitzer
I think that her idea is unique, if I was a girl and was going to dress up as a clown I would want a full set of hair but that is just me. I think her work is unusual and it is probably a good idea for some people. People might only use themselves as a subject because she thinks that she is the only one that is reliable enough.
A. Nordgren
I like her idea to use herself as the subject of her photos, but she has the same facial expression in almost every picture and that made her work seem a little dull to me. Her pictures are interesting for sure, however they are not my idea of beautiful photographs. I think someone might use themselves because then they can control much more of how the picture feels when its seen, similar to the tone of writing when it is read.
R. Josi
i like this idea its pretty cool. it would be difficult. i wouldn't do my self.
j.libby
I think these pictures are good except for the creepy clown. The portrait im sure has a point, but i'm not getting it. I think the link has good pictures on it but I think anyone could take any of them.
I think her idea is very unique. her work is very descriptive and very very good. because they know all their features very well
Cindy Sherman's art work is really creative. Her idea is pretty unique and I've never seen it before. Her work is good, she did a good job with all the details. I'm not sure, maybe to stand out, and be very different.
M. Newton
Cindy Sherman's art work is really creative. Her idea is pretty unique and I've never seen it before. Her work is good, she did a good job with all the details. I'm not sure, maybe to stand out, and be very different.
M. Newton
I don't like what she is doing at all. She did not show any emotion at all. Also every picture looked creepy and to be honest I thought they were boring.
T. Robinson
I don't exactly get her idea. Her pictures are interesting though. Someone might only use themself in because they are socially awkward and don't like people.
C. Johnson
i think her pictures are creative and her work. Its different from other self portrait that i have seen. They might use themselves because they know how they want the picture to look.
H.Foust
Cindy sherman's art work is really creative and weird at the same time. i think her idea is pretty awesome, and unique. I think her work is good and creative, and i have never seen something like this before. They probably used themselves as the subject because they might want people to know who they are and what kind of projects they like to do.
J. Bertsch
what do i think. i think that its so cool to take pictures and have them right now these are 30 years old.
what do i think of her work.i think its nice because its pictures of her self.
why might someone only use themselves. because maybe she was a model or she might be super hot.
n.sotelo
I think her idea was unique and outstanding. I think her work is good but maybe she should be happy more. I think people shouldn't always use themselfs as a subject because you could have more ideas & i think you should always give an idea a chance.
S. Reyes-Chavez
I think her idea is kinds really creepy.. That clown scared the crap out of me! And someone might only use themselves because that's just their style of work.
K. Paresi
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