I didn't think of what I was doing as political. To me it was a way to make the best out of what I liked to do privately, which was to dress up.
Cindy ShermanI’m really just using the mirror to summon something I don’t even know until I see it.
Cindy ShermanOne reason I was interested in photography was to get away from the preciousness of the art object.
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