Stewart Shining

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Stewart Shining is a New York City-based photographer of contemporary actors, musicians, and models. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair , Mademoiselle , Interview , Vogue , Allure , GQ and Seventeen . He has worked on ad campaigns for Abercrombie & Fitch, Victoria's Secret, J. Crew, Ralph Lauren, Express, The Gap and Calvin Klein. In 2001, he photographed Elsa Benítez, Luján Fernández, Daniela Peštová, and Shakara Ledard for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue , [1] and one of his photos of Benítez was selected for the cover. [2] He has continued to participate as a regular photographer for the annual Swimsuit Issue and shot for the "body painting" feature for 2011. [3]

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Biography

Shining was born in 1964 to Streeter and Barbara Shining, and grew up in Rapid City, South Dakota. [4] [5] Shining said he started taking pictures when he was 12 years old after purchasing a second hand 35 mm camera. [4] His parents encouraged his pursuit of photography by building him a darkroom in their home. [6] He graduated in 1982 from Central High School in Rapid City, and received a bachelor of fine arts degree in photography from Parsons School of Design in 1986. [4] After his graduation from Parsons, he worked as an assistant for Bill King and then Bruce Weber. Shining said he learned "the art of photography" from Weber, and King gave him a "sensible business perspective". [4]

Career

His work has appeared in numerous publications, including: Vanity Fair , Mademoiselle , Interview , Vogue , Allure , GQ Seventeen , [4] Out Magazine [7] and has produced numerous covers for Rolling Stone magazine including covers in back to back months in 2002. [8] He has also had numerous cover shots for Lucky, Self and Glamour . [9] He has shot a pre-teen Natalie Portman, [10] and photographed Drew Barrymore when she was named People Magazine's 2007 "World's Most Beautiful Person". [11] [12] Other subjects he has worked with include: Evangeline Lilly, Pink, Bridget Hall, Keira Knightley, and Alessandra Ambrosio. [13] In 2008, Shining took Alicia Keys' publicity shots for As I Am , [14] and also in 2008 his photos of Rachel Bilson appeared in Lucky. [15] In 2012, a photograph of Michelle Obama taken by Shining was featured on the cover of Essence's book A Salute to Michelle Obama, [16] and in 2014 he photographed Hillary Clinton for a cover of People Magazine . [17] In 2021, his first book was released, titled Alessandra by Stewart Shining which featured never before seen images of Alessandra Ambrosio. [18] One of Shining's favorite photos occurred on assignment in Phuket, Thailand when a model jumped in the rain-pelted ocean. [19]

He has worked on ad campaigns for Abercrombie & Fitch, Victoria's Secret, J. Crew, Ralph Lauren, Express, [20] The Gap and Calvin Klein. [4]

Shining serves on the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, [20] and is the president of ACRIA. [21] He has volunteered to take photographs on behalf of the Heart Gallery of New Jersey to help children find adoptive parents. [22]

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  3. ↑ "Rookies Wearing Only Paint". Swimsuit Issue. Sports Illustrated. Vol. 114, no. 7. Photographs by Stewart Shining; Bodypainting by Joanne Gair. Winter 2011.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 McMacken, Robin (June 24, 1993). "Behind the camera". Rapid City Journal . p. C1.
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  13. ↑ "Keira Knightley - HQ Photoshoot Pictures by Stewart Shining". celebrians.com. March 28, 2007. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2008.
    "Evangeline Lilly - HQ Photoshoot Pictures by Stewart Shining". celebrians.com. March 10, 2007. Archived from the original on March 20, 2007. Retrieved March 23, 2008.
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    "Alessandra Ambrosio - HQ Photoshoot Pictures by Stewart Shining (POTW #5)". celebrians.com. April 26, 2007. Archived from the original on May 29, 2007. Retrieved March 23, 2008.
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  16. ↑ Editors of Essence (2012). Bass, Patrick Henry (ed.). A Salute to Michelle Obama. Front cover photography by Stewart Shining. New York: Essence Books. ISBN   978-1-60320-168-1. LCCN   2012949314.
  17. ↑ Lara, Maria Mercedes (April 12, 2015) [May 29, 2014]. "Check Out Hillary Clinton's 2014 People Cover". People Magazine. Photo: Stewart Shining. Archived from the original on February 3, 2023.
  18. ↑ Kratofil, Colleen (November 30, 2021). "Alessandra Ambrosio Says Posing Nude for New Book Is More Like 'Art' Than 'a Sexy Picture'". People Magazine.
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  20. 1 2 "Bio". stewartshining.com. Retrieved March 23, 2008.
  21. ↑ Vilensky, Mike (May 19, 2013). "New Optimism for AIDS Activist". Wall Street Journal . Retrieved May 29, 2013.
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