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three men in suits and hats are walking with an orange balloon attached to their heads

Cristina Bernazzani (Nuvolanevicata on Depositphotos) lives in a small Italian town between Lecco and Monza. Besides being a full-time social health worker, she is one of the Depositphotos top contributors with 30 years of experience in illustration.

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a painting of a woman carrying a large piece of bread on her back and a man standing next to it

Social Realism in Art Although Social Realism took the American art world by storm following World War I, the social realist art tradition was first seen in France decades before its American expression. Unsurprisingly, both of the European and American art movements were fueled by artists desperately trying to portray the harsh realities they saw every day. By 1870, European artists began depicting the harsh working conditions fueled by the Industrial Revolution and the plight of the…

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a woman with barcodes on her face and hands holding scissors over her head

A thought-provoking photograph that explores the concept of societal beauty standards and the lengths people go to achieve them. The central image features a woman's face with surgical markings, surrounded by hands holding medical tools, poised to alter her features. Her eyes convey a sense of apprehension or resignation. The barcode on her forehead symbolizes the commodification of beauty and the reduction of individuals to products. The overlaid text, "Am I pretty now?", adds a poignant…

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a painting of a woman hanging laundry on a clothes line in front of a brick building

Sloan's painting, which documented poor and working class conditions in New York City tenements a century ago, is relevant to the debate today over the size of government and the social safety net.

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