Cindy Sherman's photographs are all self portraits, however she's like a grown up playing dress up! Each one of her photo's are of elaborately made up women, each with their own personal form of identity. She seems to be portraying the most extreme versions of stereotypes but also a variation of different masks.. showing different transformations with make up, clothes, hair and editing. I think it she is showing how women can or have been seen or perceived, one portrait showing a cheap made up sex object and then the next a sophisticated conservative aristocratic woman. Each woman's emotions are also clear, being either vulnerable or powerful. Every portrait has its own back story, and Cindy Sherman manages to be a believable character in all of them! So, which one really is the artist? Or is she a mix of all of them..?
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