self portrait tuesday - pregnant housewife

After Cindy Sherman. A series I did while pregnant 5 years ago with my first child. Here are some links to her early work which influenced this series:
woman on window sill :: pregnant woman :: housewife with dropped groceries :: woman with apron and head scarf :: woman on rumpled bed in underwear :: woman lying on ground :: from film still series :: woman at kitchen sink ::

An exerpt from her biography (for full article see her website.)

By turning the camera on herself, Cindy Sherman has built a name as one of the most respected photographers of the late twentieth century. Although, the majority of her photographs are pictures of her, however, these photographs are most definitely not self-portraits. Rather, Sherman uses herself as a vehicle for commentary on a variety of issues of the modern world: the role of the woman, the role of the artist and many more. It is through these ambiguous and eclectic photographs that Sherman has developed a distinct signature style. Through a number of different series of works, Sherman has raised challenging and important questions about the role and representation of women in society, the media and the nature of the creation of art.

Her website has a few of her signature works

links to other bloggers participating in self portrait tuesday here. If you are not on this list and you have a self portrait on your blog on tuesday, give me a yell.