Photo website:
stevensiegelphotographer.com/index.html
May 2024 New York Times article and video of my film, "Ellis Island" (co-directed with Phil Buehler):
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/opinion/ellis-island-immigrati...
Photos featured on the latest album of Vampire Weekend (titled, "Only God Was Above Us"):
December 2022 article from on-line photography magazine, "The Phoblographer":
www.thephoblographer.com/2022/12/03/steven-siegel-takes-u...
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Photography for me is much more than the act of "taking pictures." I use photography as a way of literally opening my eyes to the surrounding world... and that particular perspective carries over to even when I'm not photographing...
So often we either live in the future or live in the past ... that is to say, we're either worrying about what comes next or we're re-living trivial moments out of the past. Consequently, we're blind to what's happening around us!
The act of photographing forces you to live in the present and concentrate on "the here-and-now"... a very good thing in and of itself... Others achieve this through meditation and religion....Photography is a way of achieving this state of mind... and be creative at the same time... a great "two-fer"!
Flickr is an inspiration. It's nice to see there are lots of other people like me out there.
My thoughts and commentary concerning some of my photos are included in the introductory section of my Flickr sets entitled, "NY in the 80s," "New York Streetscapes," "Halloween in the Subway," "NJ Meadowlands," and "WTC (pre-9/11)." Here are links to the commentary to these sets:
www.flickr.com/photos/stevensiegel/sets/72157626376913418...
www.flickr.com/photos/stevensiegel/sets/72157600382916817...
www.flickr.com/photos/stevensiegel/sets/72157640745189304...
www.flickr.com/photos/stevensiegel/sets/72157600383109538...
www.flickr.com/photos/stevensiegel/sets/72157600382734172...
www.flickr.com/photos/stevensiegel/sets/72157625897241341...
www.flickr.com/photos/stevensiegel/sets/72157664693606415...
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All of my photos are copyrighted. If you would like to use a photo for editorial purposes or if you would like to purchase a print, please contact me at sns26@columbia.edu.
81/2 by 11" inch print: $50
Pay with Paypal. My Paypal address is: sns26@columbia.edu.
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The following are links to videos that I have posted on Youtube:
"Dream City"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTLKn3CcGLQ
"Times Square in the 1990's: A Music Video" www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY067lNEQro
"Big Apple Story" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4in5OWmW0Y
"NYC Subway Graffiti from the 1980s" www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTkg7S_jM0Y
"Times Square in the 1980s: A Short Documentary" www.youtube.com/watch?v=46wOvUx7z7w
"Lost Coney Island: A Short Documentary" www.youtube.com/watch?v=G98NnodKgV8
"Ellis Island: A Short Documentary" www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdKzbLF2RvU
"Ambervision" www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzIsx-4Tscc
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Steven Siegel is the quintessential 1980s New York City photographer. His vast collection of raw, unplanned shots are so powerful they truly make you wish you lived in the city back then, even though it was wild, untamed and dangerous. While some may call his work journalistic, I personally feel that his photos are… Read more
Steven Siegel is the quintessential 1980s New York City photographer. His vast collection of raw, unplanned shots are so powerful they truly make you wish you lived in the city back then, even though it was wild, untamed and dangerous. While some may call his work journalistic, I personally feel that his photos are art of the highest form. He has a style all his own that I've seen tried to be replicated, but never matched.
Read lessSteven's entire work is wonderful, and special, he knows how to portray the urban environment like nobody else, his 70's and 80's are unique, all with a very cinematographic atmosphere, he has the gift of transporting me to that time. It is of those people that you are happy to find when you see a work like the one tha… Read more
Steven's entire work is wonderful, and special, he knows how to portray the urban environment like nobody else, his 70's and 80's are unique, all with a very cinematographic atmosphere, he has the gift of transporting me to that time. It is of those people that you are happy to find when you see a work like the one that has the. I enjoy it very much with his work and I continue enjoying it every day more. Thanks for sharing these wonderful Steven pics.
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