Cindy Sherman

Cindy Sherman

Cindy Sherman is an American Film Director and Photographer. She is first a photographer before a film director. She was born in 1954 in New Jersey. Cindy started out as an artist in buffalo state college. She however became bored and disillusioned about her then course she then decided to pursue photography.

Many regard her as promoting or using her work to high light the plight of women. And consequently form her as a feminist. Cindy is most known for photographing her self in various costumes. She is known to shoot her self in her studio she is very competitive and says this in this regards, ‘I’m still really competitive when it comes to I guess the male painters and male artists’.

Cindy’s directorial credentials have seen her direct a comedy horror film in 1971-called Office Killer. This was her only film to date. Before are lists of some of her artist works.  

·      Bus Driver (1976)

·      Film Still (1978)

·      Rear Screen Projection (1980)

·      Centre fold (1981)

·      Fashion (1983)

·      History Portrait (1990)

She’s currently active in the art world and is still a female icon.