Artist Statement
My projects deal with surveillance and privacy. We live in a post-privacy world, an image-obsessed society where cameras are everywhere. With or without our knowledge, we are being photographed countless times a day, yet as we become more accustomed to the presence of surveillance cameras, we stop paying attention. I make these photographs to raise questions that come from the claustrophobic sense of being constantly observed.
Sheri has been taking photographs since she was 13. She studied photography and digital imaging in New York, and has taken classes taught by well-known photographers such as Benedict J. Fernandez, Lauren Greenfield and Phil Toledano. Digital imaging has been part of her practice since 1989.
She began photographing musicians and celebrities at the concert halls and clubs in the New York area. Working on assignment for major record labels, her photographs of performers such as The Ramones, David Bowie, Patti Smith and the Rolling Stones appeared in most music publications of the time and are now collected and exhibited as fine art photographs
After several years working in the music business, she decided to concentrate on personal work. This sent her on a journey that has included documentation, interpretation and transformation of images.
Photo projects have included work about 9/11, surveillance, and the iconic Lucky Cat. Her photographs have been widely exhibited and have appeared in American and European publications. Her work was included in The Polaroid Collection, as well as in private collections in the US and Europe.
Sheri Lynn Behr received a 2012 Fellowship in Photography from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
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