Stéphane Sednaoui () is a French music video director, photographer, film producer and actor. He has worked in various forms of media, including music videos,

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, fashion and pop culture. Sednaoui's career began as a

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for advertising campaigns and modeling for photographers and artists at age 18. At age 21, he began doing portraits for various publications, later photographing designers and models. Sednaoui has directed over 40 music videos, including " Give It Away" and " Scar Tissue" (

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), " Sly" (

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), " Mysterious Ways" ( U2), " Big Time Sensuality" (

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), "

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

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), and "

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" (

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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 '' Visionaire'' as a fashion and portrait photographer. 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 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 ( Barbican Center, 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). In 2005, his work with music videos was included in Palm Pictures's '' Directors Label'', a series of DVDs compiling the work of notable music video directors.

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

for advertising campaigns before passing in front of the camera to become the face of Jean-Paul Gaultier'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,

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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 ''

Le Monde (; ) is a mass media in France, French daily afternoon list of newspapers in France, newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average print circulation, circulation of 480,000 copies per issue in 2022, including ...

''. 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 Jean-Paul Gaultier,

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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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. Sednaoui started creating visuals and album covers for artists such as

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and

. 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 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

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), "Queer" (

), "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 Directors Label series, a collection of DVDs devoted to music video directors, along with

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, Jonathan Glazer,

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and

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. By end of 2001, except 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 Barbican Center, 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 Laila Boonyasak and Vithaya Pansringarm, directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Personal life

His mother was the photographic agent Yannick Morisot and his uncle the jazzman David Earle Johnson. He was in relationships with singers

and

with whom he also collaborated artistically. In October 2001, his girlfriend,

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Retrieved 4 December 2009. is a ...

gave birth to their daughter Sahteene. Sednaoui lives in Paris and New York. His Egyptian-born grandfather came from a Melkite Greek Catholic family of

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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. Elisa Sednaoui is his niece.

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 Suprême NTM ;1991 *"Kozmik" by

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*" Give It Away" by

*" Mysterious Ways" by U2 ;1992 *" Breaking the Girl" by Red Hot Chili Peppers *"Sometimes Salvation" by The Black Crowes, with as main character

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

" by

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" by

*" Big Time Sensuality" by

;1994 *"Nouveau Western" by

*" 7 Seconds" (version 1) by

*" Sly" by

;1995 *" Fragile" by

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" by

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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 *" Possibly Maybe" by Björk ;1997 *" Sleep to Dream" by

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

;1998 *" Thank U" by Alanis Morissette *" Lotus" by

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*"I'm Known" by Keziah Jones *" Falling in Love Again" by Eagle-Eye Cherry ;1999 *"

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" by Garbage *"

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" by

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*" Scar Tissue" 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 Bush ;2000 *"

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" by

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*"Tailler la zone" by Alain Souchon *"Let's Ride" by Q-Tip *" Disco Science" by Mirwais *"I Can't Wait" by Mirwais ;2001 *" Dream On" by

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*" Little L" by

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;2003 *"Anti-matter" by Tricky ;2009 *"Get It Right" by Y.A.S. ;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 Palm Pictures.

References

External links

Stéphane Sednaoui official site
*

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