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Hotel St. James

Spiny flower

Carrie Wae Meems

The second video we viewed today was on Carrie Wae Meems who is an African American photographer. I enjoyed her historical photos that re-enacted some of our nations most horrific events. These include the assignation of Robert F Kennedy and the student massacre at Kent State.

Flickr Account

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Cindy Sherman

Today we viewed a video about the work of Cindy Sherman. I found her work to be very interested because of how she used herself to portray a variety of characters. The clown series, in particular, was very interesting because for the most part you could not tell it was her. I liked the fact that in the 1980′s she started to take herself out of the photos and started using still life. She did it in way that people still thought she was in the photos. Overall I have never seen a photographer shoot themselves in so many different character situations and I thought that was very unique.