Judy Dater is a 20th century American photographer who primarily captures portraits, self-portraits, and the figure. Her early work emerged while feminism was erupting in western society, and feminist ideals are prominent in her photographs. She is widely known for the ways in which she portrayed the human form while challenging concepts of sexuality and …
Cindy Sherman is a contemporary American photographer best known for self portraits that depict her as various imagined characters. These artistic constructions reference icons of culture, gender, and social cues through various assumed identities. The tone is sometimes critical and other times humorous, often appropriating the tropes of television or Hollywood. Many of Cindy Sherman’s …
Sally Mann is a contemporary American photographer best known for large format, black-and-white photographs chronicling the development of her children, and her landscape photography. Mann’s work is haunting and theatrical in nature. The lightly-staged images evoke scenes from motion pictures. Her landscape photography is said to evoke feelings of death and decay. Mann was awarded Individual …
David LaChapelle is an American photographer known for flamboyant, elaborate, color-packed images that usually include people, and sometimes the figure. His over-the-top, sometimes garish, photography is influenced, in part, by Cindy Sherman and Helmut Newton. LaChapelle’s themes often revisit elements of art history or popular culture. His photographs repurpose the symbols and celebrity that are …