Recreation No. 5 - Semi contemporary photographer

Cindy Sherman

• January 19, 1954, New Jersey


• Started as a painter in Buffalo State College, moved to photography


• "I was meticulously copying other art and then I realized I could just use a camera and put my time into an idea instead."


• Sherman works in series, typically photographing herself in a range of costumes.


• To create her photographs, Sherman shoots alone in her studio, assuming multiple roles as author, director, make-up artist, hairstylist, wardrobe mistress, and of course, model.


• Her work is varied and not limited as photographer, as she had worked in the past as Film director and film producer, as well as advertiser fashion photographer for Marc Jacobs


• Recipient to a MacArthur fellowship in 1995, that granted her $500,000 USD during five years.

Quotes that I found Inspirational

• "I feel I'm anonymous in my work. When I look at the pictures, I never see myself; they aren't self-portraits. Sometimes I disappear."


• "If I knew what the picture was going to be like I wouldn’t make it. It was almost like it was made already.. the challenge is more about trying to make what you can’t think of."


• "I didn't want to make 'high' art, I had no interest in using paint, I wanted to find something that anyone could relate to without knowing about contemporary art. I wasn't thinking in terms of precious prints or archival quality; I didn't want the work to seem like a commodity."


















EDIT

Found this video this weekend and thought it was interesting.