I think people are more apt to believe photographs, especially if itโs something fantastic. Theyโre willing to be more gullible. Sometimes they want fantasy. Even if they know itโs fake they can believe anything. People are accustomed to being told what to believe in.
Cindy ShermanI don't analyze what I'm doing. I've read convincing interpretations of my work, and sometimes I've noticed something that I wasn't aware of, but I think, at this point, people read into my work out of habit. Or I'm just very, very smart.
Cindy ShermanIโm really just using the mirror to summon something I donโt even know until I see it.
Cindy ShermanWe're all products of what we want to project to the world. Even people who don't spend any time, or think they don't, on preparing themselves for the world out there - I think that ultimately they have for their whole lives groomed themselves to be a certain way, to present a face to the world.
Cindy Sherman