Cindy Sherman was born on January 19th 1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Sherman became interested in the visual arts at Buffalo Stat College To create her photographs she shoots alone in her studio, she has multiple roles as author, director, make-up artist, hairstylist, wardrobe mistress, and of course model. Many of her photo-series like the call attention to the stereotyping of women in films maids, cleaners and typical household wives.
In the early 1990s, Sherman worked with Minneapolis band Babes in Toyland, photographing covers for albums Fontanelle and Painkillers, creating a stage backdrop used in live concerts. Acting in the promotional video for the song Bruise Violet, Sherman has also worked as a film director; her first film was Officer Killer in 1997, starring Jeanne Tripplehorn, Molly Ringwald and Carol Kane. She played a cameo role in John Waters' film, Pecker. She also played a role in The Feature in 2008, starring ex-husband Michel Auder, which won a New Vision Award.
Sherman’s career has also included several fashion series in 1983 and 1993. In 1994, she produced the Post Card Series for Comme des Garcons. In 2006 she created a series of fashion advertisements for designer Marc Jacobs. The advertisements themselves were photographed by Juergen Teller and released as a monograph on April the 4th by Rizzoli. Also in 2010, Sherman started designing jewellery.
