CINDY SHERMAN-- NOELIA Y MARIA

CINDY SHERMAN

Cynthia "Cindy" Morris Sherman, is an American photographer and filmmaker. One of the greatest representatives of postwar photography. She was born on January 19, 1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, United States. Cindy may have gone unnoticed among the sea of ​​young American girls. But something distinguished her: she liked to dress up.

Sherman studied art at State University College in Buffalo, New York. There he took his first artistic steps in painting, however he abandoned it to adopt photography as a preferred means of expression.

Despite the fact that in most of her photographs she appears herself, she does not consider them self-portraits. Sherman uses herself as a vehicle to represent a wide variety of themes from the contemporary world, such as the role of women or the role of the artist. Through a series of different works, Sherman has raised difficult and important questions about the role and representation of women in society, the media, and the nature of art creation.

• Her most important works:

Untitled #153

Untitled #96

Untitled #92

Untitled #48

• Meaning of her photograph:

Sherman uses herself in her photographa to present a wide variety of themes from the contemporary world.

Through different works, Sherman poses difficult and important questions about the role and representation of women in society.

• Awards:
  1983 Beca Guggenheim in Creative Arts, United States and Canada.
  1995 Becas MacArthur.
  2000 Hasselblad Foundation International Prize.
  2011 Glamour Award for The Superstar.
  In  2020 she was awarded the Wolf Foundation for the Arts Prize.