Steven Meisel (born 1954) is an American photographer, who obtained popular acclaim with his photographs of friend Madonna in the latter's 1992 book Sex designed by Fabien Baron and for his work in US and Italian Vogue. He is now considered one of the most successful fashion photographers in the industry, shooting regularly for both US and Italian Vogue. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ... Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958), better known worldwide as simply Madonna, is an American Grammy award winning pop singer, songwriter, musician, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and a fashion trendsetter. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Sex is the title of a highly-designed coffee table book written by Madonna with photographs by Steven Meisel Studio and film frames shot by Fabien Baron, released October 21, 1992 by Warner Books. ... For other meanings, see vogue. ...

Biography

His fascination for beauty and models started at a young age. In his junior years, Meisel used to draw all the time. As a child, he wouldn’t play with toys, but would draw women all the time. He used to take magazines like Vogue, Harper's Bazaar as sources of inspiration for his drawings. Meisel dreamt of women from the high society including Gloria Guinness and Babe Paley as he to him they were both beauty and high society personified. Other icons were his mother and his sister. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Harpers & Queen. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Gloria Rubio y Alatorre, better known as Gloria Guinness (August 27, 1912 - November 9, 1980) was an elegant, earthy socialite (major) and writer (minor) of the mid 20th century. ... Babe Paley [1] [2] [3] (July 5, 1915 - July 6, 1978) was a prominent American socialite. ...

When he was young he became obsessed with models such as Twiggy, Veruschka, and Jean Shrimpton. When he was 12 years old, he had some girlfriends call model agencies and pass as secretaries of Richard Avedon to get pictures of models. To meet famous model Twiggy, the 12-year-old Meisel went to Melvin Sokolsky's studio. Twiggy (born Lesley Hornby on September 19, 1949) is an English supermodel, actress, and singer, now also known by her married name of Twiggy Lawson. ... Vera von Lehndorff (born May 14, 1939 in Königsberg, East Prussia now known as Kaliningrad, Russia) is a German supermodel and actress popular during the 1960s. ... Jean Shrimpton (b. ... Self portrait Melvin Sokolsky (born in 1933) Internationally known American photographer and film director. ...

He studied at the High School of Art and Design and Parsons School of Design where he followed different courses but, as he said in an interview with Ingrid Sischy for Vogue France, he chose fashion illustrator in which he majored. The High School of Art and Design is a Career and Technical Education high school located at 1075 Second Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets in Manhattan, New York City, New York. ... The Parsons School of Design, located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City, is a design school affiliated (since 1970) with the New School University. ...

Career

One of Meisel's first jobs was to work for fashion designer Halston as an illustrator. Meisel never thought he could be a photographer. He admired photographers like Jerry Schatzberg, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon and Bert Stern. Later on, while working at Women's Wear as an illustrator, he one day went to Elite model agency where two girls working there allowed him take pictures of some of their models. He would photograph them in his apartment in Gramercy Park or on the street: on weekdays he would work at Women's Wear Daily and on weekends with the models. One of them was Phoebe Cates. Some of these models took their pictures to Seventeen to show their books and the people at Seventeen subsequently called him and asked if he wanted to work with them. EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 02:53, 19 February 2006 (UTC) Category: ... Irving Penn (b. ... Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an American photographer. ... Bertram Stern (born 3 October 1929) is an American fashion and celebrity portrait photographer. ... Elite is a modeling agency founded in Paris in 1972 by Gerald Marie, John Casablancas and Alain Kittler. ... Gramercy Park is a small, fenced-in private park in the Gramercy neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, accessible only to residents of certain townhouses in the area who have keys to the park. ... Phoebe Cates in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) Phoebe Cates (born Phoebe Belle Katz on July 16, 1963 in New York City, New York) is an American film actress who, by her own description, has retired from acting to be a full-time mother. ... Seventeen can be 17 the number, 17 (number) Historical years: 17 A.D., 17 B.C., or 1917 Part of a swear word in Swedish. ...

Meisel currently works for many different fashion magazines, including fashion bibles such as US and Italian Vogue, amongst others. For the latter he has been the only photograper for its cover for almost 15 years. His studio is located in New York at 64 Wooster Street but he often rents the studios at Pier59. Vogue can refer to: Vogue (magazine), a fashion magazine Vogue (dance), a style of dance Melchior de Vogüé (1848-1910), French writer Vogue (single), a song and a single by KMFDM Vogue (song), a song from the album Im Breathless by Madonna Vogue, a single released by Ayumi Hamasaki...

Meisel is credited with "discovering" or promoting the careers of many supermodels, most importantly, Linda Evangelista, who reached stardom by dyeing and cutting her hair according to Meisel's whims. Recently he has propelled models Heather Bratton , Coco Rocha and James Rousseau to fame by regularly featuring them in Italian Vogue. Among his favourite models can also be cited Shana Zadrick, Stella Tennant, Karen Elson,Kristen McMenemy, Elsa Benitez and Kylie Bax. Today Meisel is particularly fascinated with new models like Lily Donaldson, Libby Hearst, Hannelore, Missy and Elise Crombez. Linda Evangelista (born May 10, 1965 in St. ... Heather Bratton (June 25, 1987 – July 22, 2006) was an American fashion model. ... Coco Rocha (born September 10, 1988) is a Canadian supermodel from Richmond, British Columbia. ... James Rousseau (born James Rousseau Osborne December 19, 1980) is an English supermodel. ... Shana Zadrick, born Shana Lee Phipps on March 20, 1972 in Grand Junction, Colorado, is an American fashion model. ... Stella Tennant (born 17 December 1970) is a British supermodel. ... Karen Elson (born 14 January 1979 in Bolton, England) is a British supermodel. ... Elsa Benitez Elsa Benitez (born on December 8, 1977) is a Mexican supermodel, born in Hermosillo, Sonora, México. ... Kylie Bax is a New Zealand-born fashion model. ... Lily Donaldson on the cover of Numero Lily Donaldson (born January 27, 1988 in England) is a top model. ... Hannelore is a German female given name, which is derived from two distinct sources: Hebrew, Johanna (God is gracious) Arabic, Eleonore (God is my light) Hannelore Elsner, German actress Hannelore Kohl, former German first lady Hannelore Rönsch, German politician Hannelore Ellicott-Chatham, a character in Questionable Content Categories: | ... There are a number of communes that have the name Missy: In France Missy, in the Calvados département Related: Missy-aux-Bois, in the Aisne département Missy-lès-Pierrepont, in the Aisne département Missy-sur-Aisne, in the Aisne département In Switzerland Missy, in the... Elise Crombez (born July 7, 1982 in Belgium) is a Belgian model, who has appeared on the covers of Vogue magazine several times, both on the British and Italian editions. ...

He has been a protégé of both reigning queens of the fashion press; editors-in-chief Franca Sozzani (Italian Vogue) and Anna Wintour (US Vogue). Amongst others, Meisel has shot campaigns for Versace, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana, Calvin Klein (for whom he has shot very controversial campaigns).^{[citation needed]} He is a big friend of designer Anna Sui for whom he also shot several campaigns. Anna Wintour (born November 3, 1949) is the Editor-in-Chief of the U.S. edition of Vogue, a position she has held since 1988. ... The Versace logo. ... Valentino is a fashion house created by Valentino Garavani, among the most famous Italian fashion designers today. ... Dolce & Gabbana (pronounced [dolʧe e gabbana]) is a high-end fashion house started by the Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. ... Calvin Richard Klein (born November 19, 1942) is a well-known American fashion designer. ... Anna Sui -Dolly Girl on the Beach Perfume Anna Sui (萧志美) (born in 1955 in Detroit, Michigan USA) is an American fashion designer. ...

He has also been the force behind the career of many fashion people he regularly used on his Vogue shoots, such as hairstylists Oribe Canales, Garren and Guido, and make-up artists François Nars, Laura Mercier, Pat McGrath and the late Kevyn Aucoin . Look up Guido in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Laura Mercier is a French make-up artist who has lent her name to a line of cosmetics. ... Kevyn Aucoin (February 14, 1962 in Shreveport, Louisiana; died May 7, 2002) was a make-up artist and photographer who was well known for catering to the laywomans need to feel beautiful. ...

Meisel's elusiveness

Meisel is notorious for rarely giving interviews or being photographed. He was interviewed by Ingrid Sischy for Vogue France^{[citation needed]}

Meisel is also one of very few famous photographers that does not have a proper book solely dedicated to his work. A book collecting some of his photographs called Steven Meisel^[1] was published by German Teneues Buchverlag in 2003 and totally sold out. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Further reading

1. ^ Meisel, S. Steven Meisel (Broschiert) (German website), Teneues Buchverlag, 2003, ISBN 3-570-19421-3

External links

• Portfolio at Art and Commerce agency