So, in high school, when I was super into photography, my favorite photographer was Cindy Sherman, simply for her series "Untitled Film Stills." For my senior project in photo--something that was kind of like a thesis, but in photographic form, I took on the film stills. Some of the work I did was straight reproduction, some of it was interpretation of the theme. The film stills are, in the grandest sense, about the hardship of being a woman. In a less philosophical vein, what Sherman did was take "self portraits" (how much of it is actually self-portraiture is actually pretty minimal) in character. She played women from B-movies who were going about, doing their normal thing, but there's something subversive going on in the undertones. The women are upset or distracted, struggling with something.
So, yes, I have a deep and undying love for the Untitled Film Stills. So imagine my joy/surprise when I came across this feature in Cheapskate Chic on the model Valentine in photos very much in the vein of Cindy Sherman. Coincidence? I think not. While it doesn't seem that Miss Woo knows it (and let's face it, not everyone can be as cool and artsy as me!), the photographer was definitely shooting in the style of Cindy Sherman.
Original (Film Still #7)
Re-worked.
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