Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman
Cynthia Morris "Cindy" Shermanis an American photographer and film director, best known for her conceptual portraits. In 1995, she was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth19 January 1954
CityGlen Ridge, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
photography always-trying sick
People are always trying to find the next groovy thing, and it hasn't gone back to painting... I'd like it to go back to painting. I'm sick of all this photography and video. There's so much of it, it's almost annoying.
photography art photographer
One reason I was interested in photography was to get away from the preciousness of the art object.
photography thinking artist
People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman artist, you're still not getting as much - there's still definitely that happening. I'm still really competitive when it comes to, I guess, the male painters and male artists. I still think that's really unfair.
ideas pieces photographer
My ideas are not developed before I actually do the pieces.
promise stories photographer
The still must tease with the promise of a story the viewer of it itches to be told.
copy noticing photograph seeing street subtle thinking
I'll see a photograph of a character and try to copy them on to my face. I think I'm really observant, and thinking how a person is put together, seeing them on the street and noticing subtle things about them that make them who they are.
meet sexy wait
I think Chasz is really sexy and fascinating and I can't WAIT to meet him!
thinking political dresses
I didn't think of what I was doing as political. To me it was a way to make the best out of what I liked to do privately, which was to dress up.
thinking kind exploration
I am fine, though it is hard to think of what kind of work to make at this point, other than decorative, escapist or abstract. I suppose I'll explore one or all of these things.
art interest traditional
I didn't have any interest in traditional art.
dad self catholic
My dad was such a bigot. He was a horrible, self-centred person. He was really racist and he'd talk about the Jews and blacks and Catholics even
successful people feelings
I was feeling guilty in the beginning; it was frustrating to be successful when a lot of my friends weren't. Also, I was constantly being reminded of that by people in my family making jokes.
guy painter amount
I was supporting myself, but nothing like the guy painters, as I refer to them. I always resented that actually.. we were all getting the same amount of press, but they were going gangbusters with sales.
want cameras done
When I do work, I get so much done in such a concentrated time that once I’m through a series, I’m so drained I don’t want to get near the camera.