David Seidner

David seidner from of fleeting and lasting interest

David Seidner, Title Unknown, “Dancers” Series, 1993, Gelatin Silver Print

American photographer David Seidner was known for his portraits and fashion photography. He had his first cover photo published at the age of nineteen; and at the age of twenty-one he had the first of many solo exhibitions of his work in Paris. He was under contract for Yves Saint Laurent in the 1980s and his work included fashion shoots for the French and Italian editions of leading magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair among others.

Seidner’s immense cultural knowledge influenced his timeless images. His nudes evoked Greek classical sculpture; his mid-1990s portraits were inspired by John Singer Sargent, Boldini and Valazquez; his portraits of artists recalled classical busts of Roman emperors. In its evolution, his work became more simple and pure, ending in his “Orchid” series shot with an auto-focus camera and color negative film.

David Seidner’s portrait of Helena Carter was selected for the millennial exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London, as one of the 100 great photographs of the century and received the 1999 Alfred Eisenstaedt Photograph of the Year Award. He had over a dozen solo exhibitions and was in many group shows at the Whitney Museum and the Pompidou Center in Paris. David Seidner died of complications of AIDS on June 6, 1999.

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Dancers: Marusya Night Club

Denis Sinyakov, “Dancers from the Marusya Night Club, Moscow”, Photo Shoot

Born in Moscow in 1977, Denis Sinyakov is a Moscow based freelance photographer and videographer. He has had twenty years of experience in still and film photography including four years with the Agence France Press from 2003 to 2007 and five years with Reuters from 2997 to 2012, both based in Moscow. He also has a history of freelance work as photographer and videographer.

Sinyakov has done work for Der Speigel magazine; Helsingin Sanomat, Liberation, News week, Sunday Times, CNN, Al Jezeera, Geo, TV Rain, the Medoza Project, and Greenpeace, International. Sinyakov places an emphasis on social and environmental issues, with a particular focus on the former Soviet republics and Russia.

On the 19th of September in 2013, Denis Sinyakov and twenty-eight crew members of Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise were captured by Russian Federal Security Service agents in an international waters. He had been covering protest actions against oil exploration in the Arctic. Sinyakov, another journalist and the crew members were accused of piracy and then of hooliganism. Sinyakov was sentenced to two months in prison in Murmansk and then in Saint Petersburg. On the 24th of December in 2013, Russia granted amnesty to all thirty hostages from the Arctic Sunrise icebreaker.

Note: The Marusya is a nightclub-cabaret for women that is located in central Moscow. In addition to dancing routines and drink, special entertainments are arranged for single prosperous women willing to pay for private attention and time with a handsome male employee of the club. According to club rules, a man is required to stay with the female guest anywhere between half an hour to a couple of hours, depending on how much she pays.

Anthony Liccione: “At the Edge, You Will Always Remember Me”

Photographer Unknown, (At the Edge: The Dancers)

“At the edge you will always remember me, at the edge you will last be remembered, where sanity and insanity come together, for the time, then separates. Like leaves on October trees, that color the world, but for a moment, then leave. At the edge, where life losses its edginess, and thoughts we will become one, someday. At the edge the sun drops, the ring falls, and senses of raindrops climb upwards to the gray sky.”

-Anthony Liccione