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Artist Statement:
STATEMENT
In broad terms, I photograph
and write to discover and
understand what I think. More
specifically, my interest is
in making photographs that
stimulate discussion about
human behavior, especially
what I like to call the
complex and common denominator
language of emotion rooted in
our unconscious which is
driving...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Selected Exhibitions
1993 Longwood Gardens, West
Chester, PA
2004 Soho Photo 2004 National
Competition, Juried Exhibit,
Lyle
Rexer, Juror, Soho
Photo Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Borders Books and Music,
New York, NY
2004 Starving Artist Ball,
New York, NY
2005 Los Angeles Center For
Digital Art, Los Angeles,
CA...
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Artist Galleries:
The Bridgeman Art Library, New
York, Paris, London, Berlin
(nonexclusive licensing
Agent)...
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Artist Reviews:
PRESS
RELEASE
New York, New York - At Art
Basel Miami Beach, New York
Arts Magazine will project a
video that includes artist
Stephen Spiller's photographs
and text rejecting the
November 11, 2005 message of
Conservative Christian
televangelist Pat Robertson,
founder of the Christian
Broadcasting Network and
Christian Coalition.
Robertson...
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Collections:
Private Collections
1994 Cheryl Carter-Pierce:
Baltimore, MD
1995-7 Ronald Fenstermacher:
West Chester, PA
1997/8 Bart Greenhut: Malibu,
CA
1998/9 Michael and Kathy
Gordon: Los Angeles, CA
2003 Peter and Phyllis Klein:
Fiesole, Italy
2003 Rhoda M. Urman: New York,
NY
2004 Richard and Jane Abrams:
Pacific...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Stephen Spiller Biography:
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BIOGRAPHY
I am Stephen Spiller, and I live in New York, NY. For many years I’ve been photographing people on city streets in, for example, Paris, Venice, Florence, New York, Los Angeles, and many other locations. Photography, for me, is an invaluable tool I use to better understand the meaning and significance of “individual identity” as a concept.
By photographing non-verbal clues, like clothing, tattoos, idiosyncratic behavior, and more, I believe I’m capturing meaningful information, encrypted perhaps but still important “messages” about identity that are constantly being received and conveyed. A “Freudian slip”, I think, may be a telling remark, but no more so than what can be learned predicated on how we dress, decorate our bodies, etc. In both situations understanding and/or interpretation is required.
I’m attracted to the idea that individuals might thoughtfully view my images and recognize aspects of themselves in others, acknowledge feelings as a common-denominator language and, most importantly, value their unconscious. Understanding “identity”, I believe, is crucial to individual well-being. Moreover, understanding who we are as individuals in large measure determines how we behave collectively as a society.
Since 2004, my work has been exhibited in galleries in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and other metropolitan locations, and in a variety of non-traditional, and traditional, venues, including Art Basel, Miami Beach. I have also been recognized in numerous international competitions, with my work being accepted for publication most recently in: Photographer’s Forum, Best of Photography 2011 and International Photography Awards Competition Book 2011. I work without technical concerns, e.g. about color, tone, image dimensions, etc. or even preconceived ideas about what the final image will, or should, look like. Occasionally I write text accompanying my images.
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