Cindy Sherman is an American artist born in 1954 known for her series of photographs where she used herself as a model to portray women in various roles and styles. Her Film Stills series from 1977-1980 commented on how women are portrayed in cinema by pushing herself to extremes in each shot. Her History Portraits series involved modeling herself after figures in Renaissance paintings to blur the lines between portraiture and performance.

1. Cindy Sherman American born in 1954

2. “ Everyone thinks these are self-portraits but they aren't meant to be. I just use myself as a model because I know I can push myself to extremes, make each shot as ugly or goofy or silly as possible.”

3. Film Stills

4. 1977-1980, This series makes commentary to how women are portrayed in the cinema.

8. History Portraits

9. Which Renaissance painting was I modeled after?

10. Judith Holding Holofernes' Head by Botticelli

11. What about me?

12. Portrait of Giovanna Tornabuoni by Ghirlandaio

13. And me?

14. I’m Bacchus by Caravaggio!

15. And who do I look like?

16. A Vigee-Lebrun portrait!

17. Rich Women