Kacee Rigsby submits Barbara Kruger

Barbara Kruger uses text in her works to speak on feminism and give precise bold statements through her works. She has very masculine/feminine charged work that speak out about problems in today's society. She uses bold colors like red in her works that to me shows a sense of anger from the things she is speaking on. She creates and speaks on things such as vanity from a man and woman's perspective.

These images could be very emotionally charged if someone were to take it that way. Suggesting that this artist would like to pull at some heart strings but not offend. Get people to rethink how they live in this society that has been set forth for us.

artnet.com/artists/barbara-kruger/3

Kacee Rigsby submits Francesca Woodman

Francesca Woodman was a young artist who used black and white photos to show the female body, some where she was still in the frame and some moving in or out of the frame giving a sense of her identity being present and fleeting. Some of her photos are completely bold and tell us that she had a full sense of who she was as a person. Some of her photos seem less confident and less sure of herself, showing signs of self doubt. Each of these versions of herself show her humanity.

When she uses her own body in these photos, she uses each different part of her body in a new way, to show things of play in her body parts or to make a bold statement. The vulnerability in her photos shows a woman who was incredibly human.

http://www.artnet.com/artists/francesca-woodman/3

Kacee Rigsby submits Cindy Sherman

Cindy Sherman is a diverse photographer who takes on many roles in her works, model, makeup artist, photographer, etc. She makes her works from seeing images on tv, movies and more showing status, youth, gore and more. You wouldn't know just from looking at these images that this is the same person across all of her works. She has done a great job of assuming roles for each of her collections put together.

In her works she is challenging what we think of gender and identity, sometimes going completely overboard with what we would see as feminine or masculine in an attempt to poke fun at these absurd things we would see as such. Some of her images are much more subtle than others that are right in your face with what she wants to say.

http://www.artnet.com/artists/cindy-sherman/

Kacee Rigsby submits Gilbert and George

Gilbert and George combine photographs with sculptures to create living artwork. Their work addresses social issues, male form, etc. They work boldly to make a statement, and seem to want to be very in your face with their work. Make you pay attention, make you think, make you care about the issues. Their use of bold words make you notice, you can't walk past these artworks without stopping to understand.

They insert themselves in their art pieces which is a bold move not all artists do. I think maybe they do this to immerse themselves in each issue they are fighting against. They create art for all, fighting for rights of all people, women, men, all races, and working to break norms. They use bold colors and images to bring you into another world that may have existed or may never have. Either way, when looking at these images together you can't help but want to understand their message.

https://whitecube.com/artists/artist/gilbert_and_george

Kacee Rigsby submits Clarissa Sligh

In this set of images called -Re-framing the past- Clarissa Sligh takes an old family album and illustrates the things she grew up with. Her grandparents, brothers, father, mother, etc. She brings them into a different light by writing stories over these seemingly innocent family photos, without which we would have no idea of what is on the other side. She takes these photos that by themselves are one sided because all we would see are smiling faces, or children with their siblings, but she brings a deeper look by telling us things we wouldn't know otherwise.

Clarissa Sligh uses text over photos to give us extra layers to stories we wouldn't know otherwise. While we could be looking at a photo of a dress, a smiling family, or portraits seeing a person or family who is happy, when we look at the other layers that she has brought a story to it we wouldn't know otherwise.

Her work is bold and outspoken to the things people may not always let us see. She dives deeper into her life and others to the things we wouldn't know by just looking at them.

https://clarissasligh.com/

Kacee Rigsby submits Joe Mcnally

Joe Mcnally photographs many things, dance, fashion, healthcare, and the photos he produces are beautiful. They have a clarity to them that brings out every detail of the subject. I especially appreciate the dance photos, he captures these movements in a moment in time, frozen dance moves that may look like someone flying, floating, and it stops time for even just a moment.

He produces beautiful portraits of all different kinds of people, the lighting that he uses highlights the subject wonderfully. The focal points he uses paired with the lighting brings your eye in to a spot in the photo that emphasizes what is important information.

He uses bright bold colors when shooting fashion ads, and equally as beautiful subjects in some high fashion pieces. He has strong bodies of work on all fronts. He seems to be a very well rounded photographer.

https://portfolio.joemcnally.com/index

Kacee Rigsby submits Lee Jeffries

Lee Jeffries is a self taught photographer who stumbled upon his passion/career for photography by coming across a homeless woman and hearing her story. He continued from that day forward taking their photos to tell their stories and raise money.

His images are a mix of black and white images as well as color. They show amazing detail in these faces, telling stories with each wrinkle or lack there of. Their eyes stare right through the photo and into yours. The way he takes and edits these photos seems to be done with such a purpose to tell each story in as much detail as you can, just by showing the affects of the world on their faces.

The black and white images show each speck of dirt and give enormous detail to the subject. Some have a sadness to them, some show longing in their eyes, but they all show these incredibly human traits that we may not always speak of. The back grounds of a lot of these photos are plain black, which pulls our eyes into the subject so that we may not focus on anything but. He is telling us exactly where he wants us to focus.

https://500px.com/leejeffries