Stephen Wilkes

United States  • 1957

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American photographer Stephen Wilkes was born in 1957. He studied at Syracuse University where he chose to specialize in photography. He opened his studio in New York in 1983. Many of his series will make an impression. His work is widely recognized in the United States, it has been exhibited at the George Eastman Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Griffin Museum, the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York. He also receives many awards: the Alfred Eisenstaedt award, he is named photographer of the year by Adweek Magazine, he is one of the 10 greatest photographers in 2012 according to Time, he also receives awards from Adobe or still Sony. His services are coveted by the biggest brands: Rolex, American Express, Nike, Sony ... Stephen Wilkes captures the landscapes of mainland China and Californian roads with a lot of talent. He has been commissioned many times for series. In 1998, his report “Ghosts of Freedom” on the abandoned infrastructures of Ellis Island made it possible to raise a large sum of money to restore part of the island. To celebrate the beginning of the 21st century, he was commissioned by EPSON America to produce the “America in Detail” series where he crosses the United States to immortalize American landscapes and families. In 2009, he made his biggest series: “Day to Night”, with a fixed wide-angle camera, he took photos for tens of hours of a landscape and merged them into a single photograph: Paris, Venice, Rome , all go through this process and are metamorphosed, out of time, between day and night. This series is very publicized, it is published by Taschen and appears in CBS Sunday Morning or National Geographic Society.
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American photographer Stephen Wilkes was born in 1957. He studied at Syracuse University where he chose to specialize in photography. He opened his studio in New York in 1983. Many of his series will make an impression. His work is widely recognized in the United States, it has been exhibited at the George Eastman Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Griffin Museum, the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York. He also receives many awards: the Alfred Eisenstaedt award, he is named photographer of the year by Adweek Magazine, he is one of the 10 greatest photographers in 2012 according to Time, he also receives awards from Adobe or still Sony. His services are coveted by the biggest brands: Rolex, American Express, Nike, Sony ... Stephen Wilkes captures the landscapes of mainland China and Californian roads with a lot of talent. He has been commissioned many times for series. In 1998, his report “Ghosts of Freedom” on the abandoned infrastructures of Ellis Island made it possible to raise a large sum of money to restore part of the island. To celebrate the beginning of the 21st century, he was commissioned by EPSON America to produce the “America in Detail” series where he crosses the United States to immortalize American landscapes and families. In 2009, he made his biggest series: “Day to Night”, with a fixed wide-angle camera, he took photos for tens of hours of a landscape and merged them into a single photograph: Paris, Venice, Rome , all go through this process and are metamorphosed, out of time, between day and night. This series is very publicized, it is published by Taschen and appears in CBS Sunday Morning or National Geographic Society.

When was Stephen Wilkes born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1957