Stéphane Sednaoui () is a French

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, 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 MoMA, 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 Grand Palais, 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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and pop culture. As a music video director, he made " Give It Away" and "

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), " Sly" (

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), " Mysterious Ways" ( U2), "

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" (

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), "

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" ( Madonna) and "

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" (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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'', ''

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'', '' Vanity Fair'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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

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added to

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, 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

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, 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

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, 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, Robert Frank,

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, 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 ''

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''. 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

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and

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, alongside the models of that era, the story was awarded by William Klein and

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.The original International Festival of Fashion Photography that occurred from 1989 to 1994 Sednaoui started creating visuals and album covers for artists such as

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and Madonna. Fashion: In parallel to his start in Pop Culture, Franca Sozzani 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,

, and

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

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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 MTV Video Music Awards are, "Sleep to Dream" ( Fiona Apple), "Mysterious Ways" ( U2), "Today" (

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), "Big Time Sensuality" (

), "7 Seconds" (

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and

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

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), "Possibly Maybe" (

), "GBI: German Bold Italic" (

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featuring

) and "Le Nouveau Western" (

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). His work is documented in '' The Work of Director Stephane Sednaoui'' (2005) from the

series, a collection of DVDs devoted to music video directors, along with

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, Anton Corbijn,

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

, New York (2013 – the

, London (2014) – Le Grand Palais, Paris (2015)– the

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

Acting

Sednaoui prominent roles are, in G.H.B. (2013) playing opposite

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, directed by

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; and in '' Samui Song'' (2016) playing opposite

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and

Vithaya Pansringarm Vithaya Pansringarm ( th, วิทยา ปานศรีงาม, ; born 11 August 1959) is a Thai actor best known for appearing in ''Only God Forgives''. He is also known in Thailand as "Pu Vithaya". Vithaya graduated in Graphic Design fro ...

, 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,

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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 Syrian descent. The family finds its roots in the city of

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

Music videos

;1990 *"Le monde de demain" by

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;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

*" Mysterious Ways" by U2 ;1992 *" Breaking the Girl" by Red Hot Chili Peppers *"Sometimes Salvation" by

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, with as main character

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;1993 *"Way of the Wind" (version 1) by

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" by Madonna *"

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" by

;1994 *"Nouveau Western" by

*" 7 Seconds" (version 1) by

*" Sly" by

;1995 *"

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" by

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" by Garbage *"

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" by

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*"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 *"

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" by Björk ;1997 *" Sleep to Dream" by Fiona Apple *"Gangster Moderne" by MC Solaar *"Never Is a Promise" by Fiona Apple *" GBI: German Bold Italic" by

;1998 *"

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" by Alanis Morissette *" Lotus" by

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*"I'm Known" by

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*" Falling in Love Again" by

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;1999 *"

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" by Garbage *"

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" by

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" by Red Hot Chili Peppers *"For Real" by Tricky featuring

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*"Nothing Much Happens" by

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*" Summer Son" by

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*" Around the World" by Red Hot Chili Peppers *" The Chemicals Between Us" by

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;2000 *" Mixed Bizness" by

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Books

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

, (2014)

Compilations

*'' The Work of Director Stephane Sednaoui'' (2005) from the

series released by

References

External links

Stéphane Sednaoui official site
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