- Cindy Sherman is a contemporary master of socially critical photography. - Sherman grew up in Glen Ridge, New Jersey - She was born, January 19, 1954 - In 1977, she began work on "Complete Untitled Film Stills," a series of 69 photographs and one of her best-known works. Her black-and-white photographs challenged cultural stereotypes supported by the media. - The meaning of her artwork was to show the value of ourselves but also she just presented women as sex dolls.