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Cindy Sherman is an American photographer renowned for her self-portrait series. Her work often involves female imagery, exploring themes of gender, identity, and media representation through carefully designed costumes, makeup, and settings.

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“Some people have told me they remember the film that one of my images is derived from, but in fact I had no film in mind at all.”

People Mind Facts Remember Film Photographer

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“My ideas are not developed before I actually do the pieces.”

Ideas Pieces Photographer

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“One reason I was interested in photography was to get away from the preciousness of the art object.”

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“We're all products of what we want to project to the world. Even people who don't spend any time, or think they don't, on preparing themselves for the world out there - I think that ultimately they have for their whole lives groomed themselves to be a certain way, to present a face to the world.”

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“The still must tease with the promise of a story the viewer of it itches to be told.”

Stills Stories Promise Photographer Viewers Tease Cindy

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“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.”

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“The work is what it is and hopefully it's seen as feminist work, or feminist-advised work, but I'm not going to go around espousing theoretical bullshit about feminist stuff.”

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“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.”

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“Everyone thinks these are self-portraits but they aren't meant to be. I just use myself as a model because I know I can push myself to extremes, make each shot as ugly or goofy or silly as possible.”

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“I am always surprised at all the things people read into my photos, but it also amuse me. That may be because I have nothing specific in mind when I'm working. My intentions are neither feminist nor political. I try to put double or multiple meanings into my photos, which might give rise to a greater variety of interpretations.”

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“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 Way Political Dresses Photographer Cindy

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“I’m really just using the mirror to summon something I don’t even know until I see it.”

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“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.”

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“The way I see it, as soon as I make a piece I’ve lost control of it.”

Way Lost Pieces Photographer Cindy

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“Believing in one’s own art becomes harder and harder when the public response grows fonder.”

Believe Art Grows Art Is Harder Response Photographer

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“I don't analyze what I'm doing. I've read convincing interpretations of my work, and sometimes I've noticed something that I wasn't aware of, but I think, at this point, people read into my work out of habit. Or I'm just very, very smart.”

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“I didn't have any interest in traditional art.”

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About the Author

Born: January 19, 1954
Known for: Photographer
Quotes: 48

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