About Cindy Sherman

  • Biography

    Photographer, Cindy Sherman was born on January 19, 1954 in Glen Ridge, N.J. She attended State University College at Buffalo, N.Y., majored in art, and received a bachelor's degree in 1976.

    She began work on her Untitled Film Stills in 1977, the same year she moved to New York City. In Untitled Film Stills (1977-1980), Sherman featured herself in different disguises that "resemble stock characters from Hollywood melodramas, providing a Post-modern commentary . . ." that addresses gender stereotypes using the magazine centerfold, the fashion spread, advertising, children's literature, formal portraiture, historical records, and most recently, mannequins (www.artandculture.com).

    In 1981, Sherman had her fi...

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