WEBVTT 00:00:09.038 --> 00:00:13.274 - Cindy Sherman: Well I don't usually do commissions, 00:00:13.383 --> 00:00:15.853 but I think when I 00:00:17.291 --> 00:00:20.351 haven't been working, 00:00:20.351 --> 00:00:23.215 when I feel like I need some sort of, 00:00:23.646 --> 00:00:25.066 project to challenge me, 00:00:26.043 --> 00:00:27.478 to force me to start working. 00:00:27.478 --> 00:00:28.183 I.. 00:00:29.153 --> 00:00:30.835 I sometimes will just accept it, 00:00:30.845 --> 00:00:31.678 because... 00:00:31.968 --> 00:00:33.618 because I have a real deadline 00:00:33.618 --> 00:00:35.757 to, y'know, to force me to get going. 00:00:38.174 --> 00:00:39.754 It was through a friend of mine 00:00:39.754 --> 00:00:42.005 who represents Balenciaga, 00:00:42.099 --> 00:00:45.719 asked me if I wanted to do some shots for French Vogue, 00:00:46.233 --> 00:00:48.333 and I said, my sort of stipulation is, 00:00:48.592 --> 00:00:51.612 as long as you can lend me the clothes for 00:00:51.785 --> 00:00:52.775 weeks at a time, 00:00:52.775 --> 00:00:54.876 and I don't have that kind of pressure that, 00:00:54.896 --> 00:00:57.225 like, normally, I think commercial photographers 00:00:57.225 --> 00:00:59.114 shoot everything in one day, 00:00:59.795 --> 00:01:01.995 and I said, no, I need the clothes for longer, 00:01:01.995 --> 00:01:03.959 and so they were totally cool with that. 00:01:05.488 --> 00:01:06.238 I... 00:01:06.620 --> 00:01:08.690 wanted it to look like these are people 00:01:08.690 --> 00:01:13.226 who happen to be wearing Balenciaga at, like, some groovy, y'know, parties. 00:01:14.838 --> 00:01:16.758 Maybe they work in the fashion business, 00:01:16.758 --> 00:01:19.784 or maybe they would like to be working in the fashion business. 00:01:20.090 --> 00:01:20.890 I... 00:01:21.125 --> 00:01:22.785 was trying to, y'know, sort of 00:01:23.007 --> 00:01:25.107 make it look as if they're shot with flash. 00:01:25.434 --> 00:01:27.334 The backgrounds are all digitally added 00:01:27.334 --> 00:01:30.744 with just shots of people in restaurants and bars. 00:01:33.336 --> 00:01:35.550 And, yeah that was kind of what 00:01:35.813 --> 00:01:38.373 this series started out as, 00:01:38.471 --> 00:01:39.581 and... 00:01:40.988 --> 00:01:42.328 then I subsequently 00:01:42.894 --> 00:01:44.704 blew up one of these large 00:01:44.704 --> 00:01:45.762 to see how it would 00:01:45.762 --> 00:01:47.842 hold up as a work of art, 00:01:48.948 --> 00:01:51.211 And it didn't look good with the backgrounds, 00:01:51.391 --> 00:01:52.448 so... 00:01:52.541 --> 00:01:53.931 so I wound up going back 00:01:53.931 --> 00:01:55.841 and completely changing the backgrounds, 00:01:55.841 --> 00:01:56.871 and they sort of, 00:01:57.724 --> 00:02:01.414 now have a new life as like, different sort of pictures. 00:02:04.466 --> 00:02:06.946 Still somewhat as if they're from parties, 00:02:06.946 --> 00:02:09.252 but even, in some cases, even more so, 00:02:09.252 --> 00:02:12.043 because I added these flash effects. 00:02:16.236 --> 00:02:19.866 And it was actually the first time I tried shooting with the digital camera. 00:02:19.866 --> 00:02:21.754 I borrowed a friend's camera, 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:24.619 and I was kind of nervous about that, too. 00:02:24.619 --> 00:02:27.138 Now I'm suddenly experimenting with a digital camera, 00:02:27.138 --> 00:02:28.616 and I don't know how to use it, 00:02:28.616 --> 00:02:30.615 and does it work the same with the lights? 00:02:30.615 --> 00:02:31.949 And then I have to set it up 00:02:31.949 --> 00:02:33.949 to look at my computer while I'm shooting, 00:02:33.949 --> 00:02:35.669 and it was all kind of touch and go 00:02:35.669 --> 00:02:37.339 in the beginning and a little scary, 00:02:37.339 --> 00:02:38.449 but, um... 00:02:38.839 --> 00:02:40.243 but once I was into it, 00:02:40.243 --> 00:02:42.429 it was just like, I'm a total convert. 00:02:42.429 --> 00:02:46.571 I threw out all my film and I'm ready to get rid of my cameras, 00:02:46.575 --> 00:02:47.975 and, y'know, it's... 00:02:48.692 --> 00:02:50.832 like, I would just never go back to film.