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
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Early in my career, a critic said that I needed to "explain" the irony in my work, suggesting that I needed to add text next to the images to help people understand what I was trying to say. At first I was dismayed that I wasn't making work with a clear enough message. That's when I realized that that was the exact opposite of what I wanted to do - that I wasn't responsible for a misinterpretation of my work, that there should be some ambiguity to it. They either got it, or they didn't.
mirrors knows
I’m really just using the mirror to summon something I don't even know until I see it.
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I can't work without it [music]. And it has to be the right kind, because if it's not then I get into a bad mood. I work with a remote so that I can change CDs instantly if I need to.