Paul H-O is the director, producer and was the boyfriend of Cindy Sherman. He began his career in the 1990s which was called 'Gallery Beat'. Here he filmed art gallery openings giving the public access. Through this he became romantically involved with Cindy Sherman.
On watching the film 'Guest of Cindy Sherman' I was able to understand the reasoning and composition of the front cover. The film was a documentation of the life and work of Cindy Sherman from the view point of Paul H-O.
During the duration of the film it becomes apparent that he lost his identity though out the years of being with Cindy Sherman. He became known as 'guest of Cindy Sherman.' This was due to the high status name created by the media. This was a contrast to the personality of Cindy Sherman because this film showed that she didn’t like being in front of the camera and the only time she felt comfortable was when she was in a disguise which was portraying her feelings and issues which surrounded her at the time. Over the duration of 15 years he composed video footage which is shown in this film recreating his lost identity.
'Fame' in this instance resulted in Paul H-O to loose his identity and brings up the issues of the value of a person and how the media creates an image of a person.
Bibliography:
http://entertainment.time.com/2009/03/24/guest-of-cindy-sherman/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443524/
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