Looking at this picture I see a woman in a business suit, in corporate America. Back in the late 1970's, mid 1980's women were just finding their spots next to the men in the job field. When I looked and did more research on Cindy Sherman I found that she was an American feminist. Not much to my surprise, since the work she did strictly shows women in various ways. This picture is from her work Film Stills (1977-1980) . She was trying to show the different types of women. There us no specific way of being a female, and from the series of photographs I can see Cindy portraying and testing the boundaries of what female identity is. In my personal opinion Cindy was all about "women can do it too". I loved the whole exhibit. This piece is definitely representational.
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