Untitled Film Still #10 1977

Cindy Sherman's "Untitled Film Still #10" (1977) is a black-and-white photograph from her iconic series, "Untitled Film Stills." The series features Sherman portraying various characters, often women, drawn from the tropes of Hollywood cinema. In this particular still, Sherman portrays a woman, her face slightly obscured by her bangs, as she rummages through a bag of groceries, creating a sense of vulnerability and domesticity. These "film stills," though fictional, draw from the conventions of film photography, blurring the lines between reality and representation, inviting viewers to question the construction of identity and female stereotypes in media.