Cindy Sherman is an American photographer and filmmaker whose work consists exclusively of photographic self-portraits, depicting herself in many different contexts and as various imagined characters. She was born January 19, 1954 in New Jersey, USA. Her seminal series Untitled Film Stills (1977–1980) being particularly important in her claim to photographer fame.
Sherman uses the camera and the various tools such as makeup, costumes, and stage scenery, to recreate common illusions, or iconic “snapshots,” that signify various concepts of public celebrity, self confidence, sexual adventure, entertainment, and other social conditions.
As a part of her Untitled Film Stills Some critics criticized her for catering to the male gaze and perpetuating the objectification of women; however, others understood Sherman’s approach as critically-ironic parody of female stereotypes.