Stéphane Sednaoui () is a French director, photographer, film producer and actor. Over the years, Sednaoui has redefined his artistic approach to focus on his fine-art and cinematographic projects. New and existing work have been exhibited recently at the

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, New York (2015)– the

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(2013–2015), New York – the

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, New York (2013 – the (

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, London (2014) – Le

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, Paris (2015)– the

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, Melbourne (2014) and in a solo exhibition at the Sam Art Projects Foundation, Paris (2013). Stéphane Sednaoui's career started 30 years ago exploring various film and photographic territories. He covered with success the genres of music video,

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portrait photography Portrait photography, or portraiture, is a type of photography aimed toward capturing the personality of a person or group of people by using effective lighting, backdrops, and poses. A portrait photograph may be artistic or clinical. Frequentl ...

and pop culture. As a

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, he made " Give It Away" and " Scar Tissue" (

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), " Sly" ( Massive Attack), "

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" ( U2), "

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" (

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), "

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" (

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) and " German Bold Italic" (Towa Tei feat.

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). As a photojournalist he covered such events as the

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of 1989 and the 2001

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of the World Trade Center. He has also been a regular contributor to ''

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'', '' Vogue China'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Visionaire'' as a fashion and portrait photographer. In 2005,

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added to Directors Label, its DVD series dedicated to the best music video directors, a retrospective of his work, ''The Work of Director Stéphane Sednaoui''.

Early career

Although Sednaoui never received formal training as a photographer or director, it was with the support of two major artists, William Klein and

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, that he shaped his artistic approach between the ages of 18 and 22. At 18 he started as a

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for advertising campaigns before passing in front of the camera to become the face of

's brand for two years (1982–1984). Through this collaboration he modeled for photographers

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and Peter Lindbergh, and for artist

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and William Klein. At 21 he was offered by his mentor photographer-director William Klein to be the casting director of the

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movie ''Mode in France'' (1985). At 22 he was a dancer in the French choreographer Régine Chopinot's creation: ''Le Défilé'' (1985), for which Jean-Paul Gaultier was collaborating by creating the costumes. The Jean-Paul Gaultier, William Klein, and Regine Chopinot collaborations were documented by Sednaoui and shown years later: his pictures of Gaultier-Chopinot were exhibited in 2007 at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs of the

Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the '' Venus de Milo''. A central ...

, and his experience with William Klein was published in 2009 as a portfolio in the French magazine "Paradis".

Career

(A presentation of Sednaoui's work in different mediums in chronological order)

Photographic essays

Impregnated with the most experimental side of his masters’ work, William Klein,

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, Bill Brandt, Sednaoui's first photographic projects were in the form of abstract Photographic essays.

Portraits, pop culture, fashion, and photography

Portraiture: Sednaoui's first editorial assignment was at age 21 when he was offered to do portraits for UK ''

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'' magazine and then for French newspaper ''

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''. He has since collaborated with many magazines, among them: ''Vanity Fair'', ''

'', ''Interview'' and the French newspaper ''

Le Monde ''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website si ...

''. Pop Culture: He then began contributing to pop culture magazine ''The Face'' and Annie Flanders' ''Details'' publication (initially an underground magazine founded by Annie Flanders) in 1988. There he mixed pop culture with fashion references. In the hand-made decoupage story ''Fashion Heroes'', Sednaoui photographed designers

, Azzedine Alaia and Vivienne Westwood, alongside the models of that era, the story was awarded by William Klein and Jean-Paul Goude.The original International Festival of Fashion Photography that occurred from 1989 to 1994 Sednaoui started creating visuals and album covers for artists such as

Mick Jagger Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the rock band the Rolling Stones. His ongoing songwriting partnershi ...

and

. Fashion: In parallel to his start in Pop Culture,

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gave Sednaoui his first fashion assignment for the Italian magazine Per Lui and later for Vogue Italia. Sednaoui's initial approach of fashion was energetic and sometimes cartoonish like in his Pop Culture images. A more narrative cinematic approach will emerge in 2000 naturally influenced by his years as a music video director. During this period Sednaoui was a regular contributor to

, French Numéro, Vogue China, and Visionaire.

Photojournalism

He photographed the

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(published in French newspaper ''

'' and UK ''Arena'' magazine). Ten years later he photographed and filmed the fall of the twin towers on the

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and joined the search and rescue teams at Ground Zero during the following days (the following weeks a portfolio was published in ''Talk'' magazine and was the cover of a special issue of French newspaper ''

''. In September 2011 ''Time'' magazine published a complete portfolio on its website). The

has dedicated an entire room to Sednaoui's images. The book ''Search and Rescue at Ground Zero'' was published by

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in 2014. In her foreword Alice M. Greenwald the director of the museum wrote: "We are indebted to Stéphane Sednaoui, who felt compelled – not as a photographer but as a human being – to rush down, that afternoon, to what would soon come to be known as Ground Zero, hoping to volunteer in the search and rescue efforts underway".

Music videos

After his breakthrough in France with a video for the French rap band NTM (1990), Sednaoui moved to the US where his video for the

' " Give It Away" (1991) won an award at the 1992

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Video Music Award. Other Sednaoui music videos that were nominated or received

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are, "Sleep to Dream" (

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), "Mysterious Ways" ( U2), "Today" (

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), "Big Time Sensuality" (

), "7 Seconds" (

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and

Neneh Cherry Neneh Mariann Karlsson (born 10 March 1964), better known as Neneh Cherry, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, occasional DJ and broadcaster. Her musical career started in London in the early 1980s, where she performed in a number of punk an ...

), "Queer" (

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), "Hell Is Round the Corner" ( Tricky), "Ironic" (

Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette ( ; born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting, Morissette began her career in Canada in the early 1990s with two ...

), "Possibly Maybe" (

), "GBI: German Bold Italic" ( Towa Tei featuring

) and "Le Nouveau Western" ( MC Solaar). His work is documented in '' The Work of Director Stephane Sednaoui'' (2005) from the Directors Label series, a collection of DVDs devoted to music video directors, along with

Spike Jonze Adam H. Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze, is an American filmmaker, actor, musician, and photographer. His work includes commercials, film, music videos, skateboard videos and television. Jonze began his ca ...

, Michel Gondry,

Anton Corbijn Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard (; born 20 May 1955) is a Dutch photographer, film director and music video director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2,Pitman, Joanna"The silent partner"' ...

Jonathan Glazer Jonathan Glazer (born 26 March 1965) is an English film director and screenwriter. Born in London, Glazer began his career in theatre before transitioning into film. Over the course of a career spanning nearly three decades, Glazer's directing ...

Chris Cunningham Chris Cunningham (born 15 October 1970) is a British video artist and music video director, best known for his music videos for electronic musicians such as Autechre, Squarepusher, and most notably Aphex Twin on videos for "Windowlicker" and ...

and

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. By end of 2001, excepted on rare occasions, Sednaoui stopped directing music videos.

Art

Over the years Sednaoui has redefined his artistic approach to focus on his fine-art and cinematographic projects. New and existing work have been exhibited recently at the

, New York (2015)– the 9/11 Memorial Museum (2013–2015), New York – the

, New York (2013 – the

, London (2014) – Le

, Paris (2015)– the

, Melbourne (2014) and Sam Art Projects Foundation, Paris (2013).

Acting

Sednaoui prominent roles are, in G.H.B. (2013) playing opposite Marina Hands, directed by Laetitia Masson; and in '' Samui Song'' (2016) playing opposite

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and Vithaya Pansringarm, directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Personal life

His mother was the photographic agent Yannick Morisot and his uncle the jazzman

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. During the 1990s, he was in relationships with singers

and

with whom he also collaborated artistically. In October 2001, Laetitia Casta gave birth to their daughter Sahteene. Sednaoui lives in Paris and New York. His Egyptian-born grandfather came from a

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family of

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descent. The family finds its roots in the city of Sednaya in Syria, which is where the surname originates from. The Sednaoui family migrated to Egypt at the end of the 19th century and developed successful department stores in

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. These were once considered the Middle Eastern counterpart of the famous department stores known in London, Paris and New York.

Filmography

Short films

*"Acqua Natasa" (2002) *"Walk on the Wild Side" (2005) A 10-minute film based on

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's song " Walk on the Wild Side". *"Army of Me" (2005) An animation based on

's song "

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". *'Clues: The Mother of My Death" (2014)

Music videos

;1990 *"Le monde de demain" by Suprême NTM ;1991 *"Kozmik" by

Ziggy Marley David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley (born 17 October 1968) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician, actor and philanthropist. He is the son of reggae icon Bob Marley and Rita Marley. He led the family band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers until 20 ...

*" Give It Away" by

" by U2 ;1992 *"

Breaking the Girl "Breaking the Girl" is a song by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers from their fifth studio album, ''Blood Sugar Sex Magik'' (1991). It was released as the fourth single from their studio album in August 1992 and is a melodic ballad that re ...

" by Red Hot Chili Peppers *"Sometimes Salvation" by

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, with as main character

Sofia Coppola Sofia Carmina Coppola (; born May 14, 1971) is an American filmmaker and actress. The youngest child and only daughter of filmmakers Eleanor Coppola, Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola, she made her film debut as an infant in her father's acclaimed ...

;1993 *"Way of the Wind" (version 1) by P.M. Dawn *"

" by

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" by

;1994 *"Nouveau Western" by MC Solaar *" 7 Seconds" (version 1) by

*" Sly" by Massive Attack ;1995 *" Fragile" by

Isaac Hayes Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, actor, songwriter, and composer. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songw ...

Queer ''Queer'' is an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or cisgender. Originally meaning or , ''queer'' came to be used pejoratively against those with same-sex desires or relationships in the late 19th century. Beginning in the l ...

" by

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" by Traci Lords *"Hell Is Round the Corner" by Tricky *"Pumpkin" by Tricky *"

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" by

;1996 *" Whatever You Want" by

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*"Here Come the Aliens" by Tricky *"

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" by Garbage *"

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" (version 1) by U2 *" Possibly Maybe" by Björk ;1997 *"

Sleep to Dream "Sleep to Dream" is a song written and recorded by American alternative singer-songwriter Fiona Apple. It was released on April 14, 1997 by Work Records and Columbia Records as the second single from her debut studio album, '' Tidal''. The song' ...

" by

*"Gangster Moderne" by MC Solaar *"Never Is a Promise" by Fiona Apple *" GBI: German Bold Italic" by Towa Tei &

;1998 *"

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" by Alanis Morissette *" Lotus" by R.E.M. *"I'm Known" by Keziah Jones *" Falling in Love Again" by Eagle-Eye Cherry ;1999 *"

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" by Garbage *"

Sweet Child o' Mine "Sweet Child o' Mine" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses. It appears on their debut album, ''Appetite for Destruction''. In the United States, the song was released in June 1988 as the album's third single, topping the ''Billboard'' ...

" by

Sheryl Crow Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, pop, country, folk, and blues. She has released eleven studio albums, five compilations and three ...

*" Scar Tissue" by Red Hot Chili Peppers *"For Real" by Tricky featuring DJ Muggs *"Nothing Much Happens" by

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Summer Son "Summer Son" is a song by Scottish band Texas, released as the second single from their fifth studio album, ''The Hush'' (1999). The song was released in Europe on 9 August 1999 and in the United Kingdom on 16 August 1999, peaking at number fiv ...

" by

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*" Around the World" by Red Hot Chili Peppers *"

The Chemicals Between Us "The Chemicals Between Us" is a song by alternative band Bush. It was released on 14 September 1999 as the lead single from the band's third album ''The Science of Things'' (1999). The song was featured in the TV series ''Charmed''. Lyrics a ...

" by Bush ;2000 *" Mixed Bizness" by

Beck Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his experimental and lo-fi style, and became known for creating musical colla ...

*"Tailler la zone" by Alain Souchon *"Let's Ride" by Q-Tip *"

Disco Science ''Production'' is the second studio album by French record producer and songwriter Mirwais, released on 20 April 2000 through Naïve in Europe. Background Mastering was done at The Exchange, London, by Simon Davey, except "Disco Science", ma ...

" by Mirwais *"I Can't Wait" by Mirwais ;2001 *" Dream On" by

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*" Little L" by

Jamiroquai Jamiroquai () are an English funk and acid jazz band from London. Formed in 1992, they are fronted by vocalist Jay Kay, and were prominent in the London-based funk and acid jazz movement of the 1990s. They built on their acid jazz sound in th ...

;2003 *"Anti-matter" by Tricky ;2009 *"Get It Right" by

Y.A.S. Y.A.S. is an electronic music duo, formed in 2007 in Paris, France, and consists of Mirwais Ahmadzaï (keyboard/guitar) and Yasmine Hamdan (vocals). The duo began recording their debut album, '' Arabology'', in 2007. Ahmadzaï wanted to create ...

;2014 *"Distant Lover" by Emmanuelle Seigner

Books

*''Search and Rescue at Ground Zero'',

, (2014)

Compilations

*'' The Work of Director Stephane Sednaoui'' (2005) from the Directors Label series released by

References

External links

Stéphane Sednaoui official site
*

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