1 min 1 image: Isabel Cruz

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Isabel Cruz

Cindy Sherman, "Untitled"

1991, dye coupler print

The image I selected is photographed by Cindy Sherman who was born in 1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. The image which is untitled, was printed in 1991 on dye coupler print with the description of "Cosmo Cover Girl". Through her work, Cindy Sherman raises questions on the role of a woman in society and the media. I chose this because the description given is ironic to the image which shows a woman with smudged makeup and an unbuttoned shirt. This to me reflects what society doesn't want to see in women as we picture a tall beautiful woman, and this image shows the reality that we try to conceal which to me is amazing.

ABOUT

This blog was inspired by the 1 Image 1 Minute written column in X-TRA and subsequent live iterations of the project by Micol Hebron. The inspiration for the 1 Image 1 Minute column was a similar project produced by Belgian director Agnès Varda (and later written about by Rosalind Krauss) for French television in 1983.

For this blog (and their assignment), students in Niku Kashef's photography classes are asked to select a photograph (that they did not make) that inspires or intrigues them in some way and to speak about it for exactly 1 minute (roughly 150 written words). Students post their name, the artists' name, title of the photograph, year the photograph was made and the medium along with their ~150 words.

In the second part of the assignment, students are asked to either use the image they chose to speak to OR a new image and make an inspiration image based on the photographic/2d design aspects of that image (eg direction/type of light, perspective, depth of field, focus, color palate, etc).

To add to this blog and contribute a post, please contact niku(at)csun(dot)edu