Mark Seliger, In My Stairwell

Mark Seliger, Lou Reed, Matthew Barney

In My Stairwell

Hardcover, first edition
Collection Rolf Heyne, 2006-09-30, German
EAN 9783899103328
ISBN 3899103327
30,5 x 38,5 cm, 176 pages

The stairwell of New York photographer Mark Seliger may be unadorned, decidedly offstage, and very small, but the creativity of so many talented people jammed into one space is enormous. Each artist, dancer, and writer brings a different personality to the room, and Seliger captures that spirit in each photograph. From Paul McCartney to Susan Sarandon, from Tom Wolfe to Lou Reed, all of the participants in this project demonstrate the greatest integrity and highest creativity in their crafts. Other memorable portraits include those of Tony Hawk, Richard Serra, Bill Irwin, Laurie Anderson, and Lenny Kravitz. All 75 photographs were printed with a turn-of-the-century platinum palladium photographic process, a procedure that results in a highly detailed, rich texture. The images are printed in tritone. Fred Woodward, the prominent New York designer of Rolling Stone and such ground-breaking books as Crazy, Sexy, Cool, is the mastermind behind the book's cutting-edge design.

Jerry Seinfeld, Heidi Klum, Burning Spear, Diana Krall, Elvis Costello, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Michael J. Fox ... They´re only some of the people that have been photographed in Mark Seliger´s stairwell. With no flash, and just a wall of bricks he has done these great sittings. Definately sometimes simpleness is more.