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Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman was born on 19 Jan 1954, in United States, Glen Ridge. She is an American photographer, director best known for directing the comedy-horror film "Office Killer". In her photography career she is known for her conceptual portraits. She graduated from State University College, Buffalo, New York, in 1976.
Sherman’s reputation was established on the basis of her Untitled Film Still. She used herself as a model in the 1977-1980 series of 69 black-and-white photographs called "Untitled Film Stills." Sherman's later series included themes of pornography, Old Master paintings, and fairy tales, as well as dismembered medical dummies in graphic poses.
Sherman became interested in the visual arts at Buffalo State College, where she began painting. Frustrated with what she saw as the medium's limitations, she abandoned the form and took up photography.
Though she had failed a required photography class, she repeated the course with Barbara Jo Revelle, whom she credits with introducing her to conceptual art and other contemporary forms. While in college she was encouraged to record her process of dolling up for parties, and together with Charles Clough, created Hallwalls, an arts centre.
Throughout her career, Sherman has appropriated numerous visual genres—including the film still, centerfold, fashion photograph, historical portrait. In addition to numerous group exhibitions, her work was the subject of solo exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, in 1982 and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, in 1987. Sherman lives in New York and is at work on a feature-length horror film.