Acclaimed rock photographer Mark Seliger to visit Sydney

[Chantel]

[quote]Visiting Sydney to launch his exhibition, In My Stairwell at Sydney's Sandra Byron Gallery this August, photographer Mark Seliger’s innovative exhibition features captivating images of the world’s most influential artists, entertainers and personalities; shot with an intimacy that allows insight into the person behind the image of fame and celebrity.

The beautifully-crafted portraits of In My Stairwell surpass the standard hero-worship of much celebrity photography, and often playfully reveal the person behind the famous persona.

As Chief Photographer for Rolling Stone throughout the nineties, Seliger shot over 100 covers, as well as countless features. The portraits showcased by In My Stairwell, feature the subject in a bare, pre-war brick elevator shaft of a New York loft. Shot against this raw canvas is a veritable “Who’s Whoâ€