Art Streiber

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Art Streiber
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NationalityAmerican
Known forPhotography

Art Streiber is an American photographer known in particular for his portraits of entertainment and sports personalities. His images are widely published and range from a portrait of actor-comedian Seth Rogen as the Cary Grant character in the plane scene in the Alfred Hitchcock classic North by Northwest, [1] which Streiber shot for Vanity Fair, to a nude group shot of the Women's U.S. Water Polo team for the cover of the 2010 "The Body Issue" of ESPN The Magazine, [2] the cast of the ABC sitcom Modern Family for a triple cover of Entertainment Weekly, and a re-creation of a scene from The Grapes of Wrath featuring the cast of the movie Taking Woodstock, [3] also for Vanity Fair.

In 2010, Streiber shot Wired magazine's first motion cover, featuring comedian Joel McHale. [4] And in 2012, Paramount Pictures commissioned him to shoot a portrait of 116 actors, actresses, directors, and executives affiliated with the studio, a historic image that was featured in Vanity Fair [5] and covered by broadcast outlets such as CBS News. [6]

Streiber also has photographed behind the scenes at the Academy Awards every year since 2000, except for 2009. [7]

Streiber studied at Stanford University, graduated in 1984, [8] and has been based in his hometown of Los Angeles since 1994. He is a regular contributor to the major Hollywood studios and networks, having shot posters and related promotional collateral for ABC, CBS, NBC, HBO, MTV, Universal Studios, DreamWorks, and Sony Pictures. Between 2000 and 2010 alone, he has shot the posters for The 40-year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, I Love You, Man, A Mighty Wind, Arrested Development, Big Love, Hung, Bones, Desperate Housewives, and Harry Loves Lisa, among many others. [9]

Streiber has photographed such diverse figures as Neil Patrick Harris, Academy Award–winning director Kathryn Bigelow, T. Boone Pickens, Floyd Mayweather, Anderson Cooper, Bono, Jay Leno, Steven Spielberg, [10] and Jodie Foster. [9]

In 2005, American Photo magazine named him one of the "100 Most Important People in Photography," and in 2008, the Pacific Design Center in California presented Streiber with the Star of Design Award for photography. [11] He lectures and teaches frequently, including at the Julia Dean Photo Workshops in California [12] and at PDN's PhotoPlus Expo. [13]

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  3. ↑ Photographs by Art Streiber (July 15, 2009). "Photos: The "Grapes of Wrath" Outtakes". Vanity Fair. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Art Streiber : Smashbox Yello!". Archived from the original on January 14, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  5. ↑ "The Paramount Picture" . Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Historic photo marks Paramount's 100th birthday" . Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Backstage at the Oscars". Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  8. ↑ Cohn, Bob. "Picturing the Perfect Job". Stanford Alumni Magazine. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
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  10. ↑ "Company Los Angeles Times [ dead link ] Town: The Business Behind the Show" November 2012
  11. ↑ "Celebrities Portraits and Ensembles by Art Streiber | bigpicture.in". Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  12. ↑ "The Julia Dean Photo Workshops | Instructors". Archived from the original on November 12, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Conference Seminars". PhotoPlus Expo. April 27, 2017. Archived from the original on August 25, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
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