A few weeks ago I shot a series of photographs of myself. I’m mesmerized by Cindy Sherman’s ability to capture her own mysterious moments. I suppose nobody’s a better model than yourself, since you know yourself the best.

A few weeks ago I shot a series of photographs of myself. I’m mesmerized by Cindy Sherman’s ability to capture her own mysterious moments. I suppose nobody’s a better model than yourself, since you know yourself the best.


- Ellen Brooks
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- James Casebere, Robert Cumming, John Divola, Sandy Skoglund, Boyd Webb
- pictures whose nonhuman subjects have been constructed by the photographer for the sole purpose of being photographed
- subset of “set-up photography” or “staged photography”
Cindy Sherman
William Wegman’s images of dressed up dogs
Atkins, Robert. ARTSPEAK A Guide to Conteporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords, 1945 to the Present Second Edition. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1997.