Information about Steven Meisel
Steven Meisel (born 1954) is an American photographer, who obtained popular acclaim with his work in US and Italian Vogue and his photographs of friend Madonna in the latter's 1992 book Sex designed by Fabien Baron. He is now considered one of the most successful fashion photographers in the industry, shooting regularly for both US and Italian Vogue and lately W (also edited by Condé Nast).
As he became obsessed with models such as Twiggy, Veruschka, and Jean Shrimpton, at 12 years old he asked some girlfriends to call model agencies and, by pretending to be secretaries of Richard Avedon, to get pictures of the models. To meet famous model Twiggy, the 12-year-old Meisel stood outside waiting for her at Melvin Sokolsky's studio.
He studied at the High School of Art and Design and Parsons School of Design where he attended different courses but, as affirmed in an interview with Ingrid Sischy for Vogue France, he finally majored in fashion illustration.
Meisel currently works for many different fashion magazines, including fashion bibles such as US and Italian Vogue, amongst others. For the latter he has been the only photograper for its cover for almost 15 years; but there's a story behind this. His studio is located in New York at 64 Wooster Street but he often rents the studios at Pier59.
Meisel is also one of very few famous photographers that does not have a proper book solely dedicated to his work. A book collecting some of his photographs called Steven Meisel[1] was published by German Teneues Buchverlag in 2003 and totally sold out.
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Biography
His fascination for beauty and models started at a young age. At that time Meisel would not play with toys, but would instead draw women all the time. He used to turn to magazines like Vogue and Harper's Bazaar as sources of inspiration for his drawings. Meisel dreamt of women from the high society like Gloria Guinness and Babe Paley, who personified to his eyes the ideas of beauty and high society . Other icons were his mother and his sister.As he became obsessed with models such as Twiggy, Veruschka, and Jean Shrimpton, at 12 years old he asked some girlfriends to call model agencies and, by pretending to be secretaries of Richard Avedon, to get pictures of the models. To meet famous model Twiggy, the 12-year-old Meisel stood outside waiting for her at Melvin Sokolsky's studio.
He studied at the High School of Art and Design and Parsons School of Design where he attended different courses but, as affirmed in an interview with Ingrid Sischy for Vogue France, he finally majored in fashion illustration.
Career
One of Meisel's first jobs was to work for fashion designer Halston as an illustrator. Meisel never thought he could become a photographer. He admired photographers like Jerry Schatzberg, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon and Bert Stern. Later on, while working at Women's Wear Daily as an illustrator, he went to Elite model agency where two girls working there allowed him take pictures of some of their models. He would photograph them in his apartment in Gramercy Park or on the street: on weekdays he would work at Women's Wear Daily and on weekends with the models. One of them was Phoebe Cates. Some of these models took their pictures to Seventeen magazine to show their model books and the people at Seventeen subsequently called Meisel and asked if he wanted to work with them.Meisel currently works for many different fashion magazines, including fashion bibles such as US and Italian Vogue, amongst others. For the latter he has been the only photograper for its cover for almost 15 years; but there's a story behind this. His studio is located in New York at 64 Wooster Street but he often rents the studios at Pier59.
Supermodel maker
Meisel is credited with "discovering" or promoting the careers of many supermodels. Recently he has propelled models Heather Bratton, Snejana Onopka, Coco Rocha, and James Rousseau to fame by regularly featuring them in Italian Vogue and various campaigns.Anna & Franca
Meisel has been a protégé of both reigning queens of the fashion press, editors-in-chief Franca Sozzani (Italian Vogue) and Anna Wintour (US Vogue).Fashion campaigns
Amongst others, Meisel has shot campaigns for Versace, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana and Calvin Klein (for whom he has shot very controversial campaigns). Meisel is also known to shoot the Prada campaign, widely considered as one of the most innovative, each fashion season. He is a big friend of designer Anna Sui for whom he also shot several campaigns.Meisel groupies
He has also been the force behind the career of many fashion people he regularly used on his Vogue shoots, such as hairstylists Oribe Canales, Garren, Orlando Pita and Guido Palau, and make-up artists François Nars, Laura Mercier, Pat McGrath and the late Kevyn Aucoin .Meisel's elusiveness
Meisel is notorious for rarely giving interviews or being photographed. He was interviewed by Ingrid Sischy for Vogue FranceMeisel is also one of very few famous photographers that does not have a proper book solely dedicated to his work. A book collecting some of his photographs called Steven Meisel[1] was published by German Teneues Buchverlag in 2003 and totally sold out.
Further reading
1. ^ Meisel, S. Steven Meisel (Broschiert) (German website), Teneues Buchverlag, 2003, ISBN 3-570-19421-3
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W is a monthly American fashion magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. Considered one of the most fashionable monthly publications, W is filled with ads for high fashion houses and rivals Vogue and Vanity Fair for sophistication and style.
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Gloria Guinness (born Gloria Rubio y Alatorre, August 27, 1912 - November 9, 1980) was a Mexican socialite and writer who was a contributing editor to Harper's Bazaar from 1963 until 1970. She also was a member of the International Best Dressed List.
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Barbara Cushing Mortimer Paley (July 5, 1915 – July 6, 1978) was an American socialite and style icon.
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Leslie Hornby (Popularly known as Twiggy) (born 19 September 1949) is an English supermodel, actress, and singer, now also known by her married name of Twiggy Lawson.
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Veruschka
Date of birth May 14 1939
Place of birth Königsberg, East Prussia
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Date of birth May 14 1939
Place of birth Königsberg, East Prussia
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Jean Shrimpton
Birth name Jean Shrimpton
Date of birth 7 November 1942
Place of birth Buckinghamshire, England,
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Date of birth 7 November 1942
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Melvin Sokolsky (born in 1933) is an American photographer and film director.
Born in New York City, Sokolsky had no formal training in photography, but started to use his father's box camera at about the age of ten.
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The High School of Art and Design is a Career and Technical Education high school located at 1075 Second Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets in Manhattan, New York City, New York.
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Parsons The New School for Design (abbreviated Parsons), is a design school founded in 1896 (see below). Parsons has been affiliated since 1970 with The New School, formerly known as New School University.
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Roy Halston Frowick, also known as Halston (April 23, 1932–March 26, 1990) was an iconic clothing designer of the 1970s. His long dresses or copies of his style were popular fashion wear in mid-1970s discotheques.
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Jerry Schatzberg (born June 26, 1927, Bronx, New York) is a famous photographer and film director. He took photographs for magazines such as Vogue, Esquire and McCalls. He made his debut as a feature film director with 1970's Puzzle of a Downfall Child
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Irving Penn (borned. 16 June 1917) is an American photographer, born in New Jersey. Known primarily for his fashion photography, Penn's work shows a unique vision and a wide range of subjects.
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Richard Avedon
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Born: May 15 1923
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Richard Avedon, 2004
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Bertram Stern (born 3 October 1929) is an American fashion and celebrity portrait photographer.
His best known work is arguably a collection of 2,500 photographs taken of Marilyn Monroe over a three day period, six weeks before her death, taken for Vogue.
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His best known work is arguably a collection of 2,500 photographs taken of Marilyn Monroe over a three day period, six weeks before her death, taken for Vogue.
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Women's Wear Daily
The July 26, 2006 front page of Women's Wear Daily
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Phoebe Cates
Birth name Phoebe Belle Katz
Born July 16 1963
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Birth name Phoebe Belle Katz
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Snejana Onopka
Snejana Onopka, September 2007. Photograph by Christopher Peterson.
Birth name Snejana Onopka
Date of birth November 15 1986
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Birth name Snejana Onopka
Date of birth November 15 1986
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Coco Rocha
Coco Rocha, September 2007. Photo by Christopher Peterson.
Date of birth September 10 1988
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