Mr. Mark Seliger, Professional Photographer (Mark Seliger Photography) Visit This Photographer's Web Site: http://www.markseliger.com Mark Seliger is an editorial photographer who was born and raised in Amarillo, Texas. He currently lives and works in New York City, and is under contract to Conde Nast Publications, where he has shot numerous covers for GQ and Vanity Fair. Prior to this, Mark was the Chief Photographer for Rolling Stone, where he shot over 100 covers. Current editorial clients include Vanity Fair, GQ, Vogue Hommes, Interview and British ELLE.
Mark has published several books- In My Stairwell (2005), Lenny Kravitz/ Mark Seliger, Physignomy and When They Came to Take My Father- voices of the Holocaust. Mark has appeared in several other books including: Crazy Sexy Cool, Brad Pitt, Images of Rock-N-Roll, Garcia and Cobain, Rolling Stone the Complete Covers 1967-1997. He has won several awards (see partial list below or download complete list).
Mark has published several books- In My Stairwell (2005), Lenny Kravitz/ Mark Seliger, Physignomy and When They Came to Take My Father- voices of the Holocaust. Mark has appeared in several other books including: Crazy Sexy Cool, Brad Pitt, Images of Rock-N-Roll, Garcia and Cobain, Rolling Stone the Complete Covers 1967-1997. He has won several awards (see partial list below or download complete list).
Mark Seliger and Fred Woodward have co-directed several music videos and commercials, including:
Elvis Costello- Still
Candy Butchers- You Belong to Me
Willie Nelson- Maria
Lenny Kravitz- Stillness of Heart
Elvis Costello- She
Hole- Violet
Paula Cole- I Don't Want to Wait
Natalie Merchant- Kind and Generous
Lenny Kravitz- I Belong to You
Gillian Welch- Revelator
The Gap- Missy Elliot, Aerosmith, LL Cool J
Celebrity Cruises
Seliger has also directed short films, including Lenny Kravitz- Lenny Live, Gillian Welch- The Revelator Collection, and Natalie Merchant- Ophelia.
Seliger has done humanitarian ad campaigns including AmFAR, Vote or Die, MJF Foundation, Keep a Child Alive foundations.
Seliger has also shot advertising campaigns and music packaging projects, for such clients as: Aerosmith, Britney Spears, Burning Spear, Capitol Records, Elizabeth Arden, Elvis Costello, HBO, Halston, JVC, Diana Krall, Lenny Kravitz, Matchbox 20, Mick Jagger, Miramax, MTV, N’Sync, Paramount Pictures, Paul McCartney, Willie Nelson, Santana, Sean John, Sheryl Crow, Perry Farrell, Sean John, Sony Music, Tony Bennett, Universal Pictures, and Sugar Ray.
Recent Awards
Alfred Eisenstaedt Award- 1999. Best Single Image award for Ben Stiller, Rolling Stone.
The Art Director's Club- 2000 Merit Award for Tom Green, Rolling Stone; and Silver Medal Award for Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Rolling Stone.
The Society of Publication and Design- 2000 Silver Medal Award for Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Rolling Stone.
The Society of Publication and Design- 2000 Merit Award for Sports Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone.
American Photography Annual- 2000 Certificate of Excellence Awards for Kirsten Dunst, Rolling Stone; Tom Waits, Rolling Stone; Carson Daly, Rolling Stone; The Wallflowers, Rolling Stone; and Al Green, Rolling Stone.
Photo District News Merit Awards- 2000 Silver Medal Award for Sports Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone.
American Photography Annual- 2001 Certificate of Excellence Awards for Johnny Knoxville, Rolling Stone; Paul McCartney, Rolling Stone; The Sopranos, Rolling Stone; and Jennifer Lopez, Rolling Stone.
The Society of Publication and Design- 2001Gold Medal Award for Drew Barrymore, Rolling Stone.
The Society of Publication and Design- 2002 Gold Medal Award for "The Sopranos, Rolling Stone
Gold Award for Society of Publication and Designers- GQ story on Will Ferrell |
