Cindy
Sherman was born the youngest of 5 children on January 15th, 1954 in
Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Her parents moved her to Huntington, Long Island where
her father was an engineer and her mother taught kids with reading
disabilities. She went to Buffalo State University and joined the visual arts
program to major in painting. Trying to fill a studio requirement, she took a
fundamental photography class and ended up failing. Still needing to pass it
for her major she retook it with a different teacher. With her new teacher, she
was introduced to conceptual photography and developed a large interest in the
medium itself. Realizing the restrictions of painting as a medium, she switched
her emphasis to photography. This decision led her to become the well-known and
successful photographer that she is today.
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