Sherman wasn’t very conscious of feminist theories at the time she made her<br>first known series. She had been dressing up as a young girl, transforming herself into<br>different characters each time. She had always been a fan of vintage shopping,<br>integrating clothing items into her own invention of their possible previous owners.22<br>She then often dressed up in public as well, saying it was a form of anti-depressant to<br>her, or she just found it entertaining. In hindsight, we could say, she showed how<br>femininity is an ongoing masquerade, or even a constant performance. This personal<br>observation was also shown through her photographic work: being a young woman<br>coming from a Western capitalist culture and trying to fulfill certain expectations people <br>had of her. She was trying to achieve the ideal image of how a young woman should<br>be; how she should dress; how she should act, while at the same time feeling stuck,<br>as she realized this ideal image is unrealistic and unachievable.23 She said she felt<br>that the women in her photos (Sherman never felt like she photographed herself) were<br>struggling with something as well, feeling that they were being forced into acting a<br>certain role: roles that are in and from a film.
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