Cindy Sherman
1954–
Introduction
Cynthia Morris Sherman (born January 19, 1954) is an American artist whose work consists primarily of photographic self-portraits, depicting herself in many different contexts and as various imagined characters.
Her breakthrough work is often considered to be the collection Untitled Film Stills, a series of 70 black-and-white photographs of herself evoking typical female roles in performance media (especially arthouse films and popular B-movies).
Wikidata identifier
Q229455
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Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, cinematographer, photographer
ULAN identifier
500104869
Names
Cindy Sherman
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