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Steven Sebring (born 1966) is an American photographer, filmmaker and producer. His 2008 documentary

Primetime Emmy nomination.[1] He also directed the concert-documentary film Horses: Patti Smith and her Band premiering at Tribeca Film Festival in 2018.[2]

Life and career

Raised in Arizona, Sebring experimented with photography in high school before moving to Europe for several years, beginning his career in fashion photography.[3][4] In 1995, Sebring was commissioned by Spin magazine to photograph singer-songwriter and poet Patti Smith, establishing a relationship that culminated in Sebring filming Smith over 11 years to produce the documentary film Dream of Life in his directorial debut, for which he received many accolades.

Sebring's editorial photographs and films have been featured in

Eadward Muybridge, both of whom Sebring counts as influences.[8]

In 2018, Sebring photographed the cover art for supergroup A Perfect Circle's album Eat the Elephant in addition to a 58-minute holographic film accompanying the music, earning Eat the Elephant the title of the "world's first hologram album".[9]

Selected exhibitions

A few of Steven Sebring's exhibitions are listed below:[5]

2014

  • Study of Pose, Milk Gallery, New York

2013

2011

  • Illumination, (in conjunction with Patti Smith) Milk Gallery, New York

2010

  • Objects of Life, (in conjunction with Patti Smith) Robert Miller Gallery, New York

Publications

  • Bygone Days. New York: Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. 2005.
  • Lalanne. New York: Reed Krakoff/Paul Kasmin/Ben Brown. 2007.
  • Patti Smith: Dream of Life. Companion book to the documentary film, including photographs by Patti Smith. New York: Rizzoli. 2008.
  • Study of Pose. New York: Harper's Design. With an introduction by
    Jean-Paul Gaultier
    . 2014.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Press & Industry — Sundance Film Festival". Archived from the original on May 28, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
  2. ^ "Horses: Patti Smith and her Band | 2018 Tribeca Festival".
  3. ^ "Filmmaker Interview | Patti Smith | POV | PBS". PBS. January 15, 2009.
  4. ^ "Steven Sebring, Patti Smith: Dream of Life | Filmmaker Magazine". August 7, 2008.
  5. ^ a b "Steven Sebring - Steven Sebring". stevensebring.com. Archived from the original on January 14, 2015.
  6. ^ "A Photographer Reinvents the Pose with Coco Rocha". October 28, 2014.
  7. ^ "Defining the Pose".
  8. ^ "Steven Sebring's Fourth-Dimensional Perspective". May 21, 2013.
  9. ^ "How a Perfect Circle Created the World's First Hologram Album". May 8, 2018.

External links

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