I didn't have any interest in traditional art.

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"I was feeling guilty in the beginning; it was frustrating to be successful when a lot of my friends weren’t. Among her awards are the Larry Aldrich Foundation Award (1993); Wolfgang Hahn Prize (1997); Hasselblad Award (1999); Guild Hall Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award for Visual Arts (2005); American Academy of Arts and Sciences Award (2003); National Arts Award (2001); Jewish Museum’s Man Ray Award (2009); and the Roswitha Haftmann Prize (2012). I wasn't thinking in terms of precious prints or archival quality; I didn't want the work to seem like a commodity.

In 1995 Cindy Sherman was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. Cynthia "Cindy" Morris Sherman (born January 19 1954) is an American photographer and film director best known for her conceptual portraits.