Cindy Sherman is a contemporary master of socially critical photography. She is a key figure of the "Pictures Generation," a loose circle of American artists who came to artistic maturity and critical recognition during the early 1980s, a period notable for the rapid and widespread generation of mass media imagery. When turning the camera on herself in a game of extended role playing of fantasy Hollywood, fashion, mass advertising, and "girl-next-door" roles and poses, She ultimately called my attention to the powerful machinery and make-up that lay behind the countless images circulating in a constantly public, "plugged in" culture.

 Janis did something similar showing how people can change themselves by changing the way they look even if it means going for more of a grayer tone of images. Janis used her artwork to interpret how she sees herself as alter egos of one’s inner emotions and personality.

The image I chose shows the real me. I love having fun with my close friends and we love to go to places and travel. We are all anime nerds which is so awesome. They are family to me, we know how one another is feeling by just reading there text message. We share a bond so close that nothing can slit us apart.