Cindy Sherman's Influence On Women

Cindy Sherman was one of the most know and well-respected photographers of the late 20th century. Sherman was born the youngest of five children in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. A short time after her birth, her family relocated to Huntington, Long Island where her father was an engineer and her mother was a teacher. She started off painting at a young age, but as time went on, she later transferred over to photography. Most of her photographs did include photos of herself, however, these “self-portraits” aren’t really self-portraits at all. During the 1990s, Sherman used prosthetic limbs and mannequins to create her Sex Pictures series. Sherman’s photographs brought up a number of question as to what role and representation women have in society.
In 2006, Sherman began a series of fashion advertisements for designer, Marc Jacobs. Sherman’s earlier photos came in ten editions and different sizes. During some of her earlier works of art, Sherman would purposely dress scary and sort of deformed-looking. In the pictures at I have seen of her, Sherman never sees to look directly into the camera but rather off to the side. This could possibly make the audience question what he is looking at and why she may have the expression so does.