Photographers I Like: Cindy Sherman

One Photographer that I really admire is Cindy Sherman.  Cindy Sherman was born in 1954 in a Glen Ridge, New Jersey.  Growing up, art was not part of her childhood. Sherman’s parents were not involved or interested in the arts, so it is not something she inherited.  She did not become interested in art until she went to college. Sherman attended State University College at Buffalo to study art. Her interest and abilities were discovered in a painting class.  She realized however, that painting was much to limiting for her creativity and style.  She later took a photography class where she discovered her niche in the art world.   In contrast, art has always been something I have enjoyed.  My parents both enjoy the arts, which is very different from Sherman's background.  She seems to have discovered her talent in Photography on her own, which is very interesting.

  Sherman’s creativity was often expressed through interpretive, staged photographs, which depicted her as various personas or characters.  Her most famous works was a series she photographed in the 1970's called the Untitled Film Stills.  These photographs included self-portraits of Sherman in different "movie" scenarios.  This series is my favorite of Cindy Sherman's work so i wanted to include a few of them...

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