Barbara Kruger

 For my photo essay inspiration I chose Barbara Kruger. I chose her because I really enjoyed her use of multi-media in the sense that she used a collage technique when creating her final prints. I really enjoyed her use of text on her black and white images. I chose to do black and white images for my photo essay with black boxes and red text. I did this so that I was not copying exactly what Kruger did but instead putting my own spin on my work. Kruger tends to use black and white images with red boxes and white text or white boxes and red text. I also enjoyed her identity collection which is where I got most of my inspiration. 

These two images gave me a lot of my inspiration. in these images Kruger is almost stereotyping women and in my opinion putting them down. I took this as inspiration to raise women up and spin her work into a positive and empowering series.