Will Steacy
Né en 1980 aux États-Unis.
Vit et travaille à New York.
Issu de cinq générations de travailleurs de la presse, Will Steacy a d’abord été ouvrier syndiqué avant de devenir photographe et écrivain. Il a été nommé parmi les « 25 photographes américains de moins de 25 ans les plus prometteurs » par le Center for Documentary Studies et fait partie des « 30 photographes émergents » distingués par le journal Photo District News. Il est l’auteur deux livres acclamés par la critique, Photographs Not Taken et Down These
... Mean Streets (2012). Il est titulaire d’une bourse de l’Aperture Foundation Green Cart et de la bourse Tierney. Son travail a notamment été présenté dans The New Yorker, Esquire, Harper’s, Aperture, Forbes, Time, Wired, The Guardian, Newsweek, sur HBO et CNN. Il a été invité sur les plateaux de NPR, de la BBC et de PBS.
Will Steacy (b. 1980) comes from five generations of newspaper men and was a union laborer before turning to
photography. It is not surprising, given his upbringing and work history, that writing is as much a part of Steacy’s
DNA as picture-making. “While most may be familiar with my images, it is the words that got me there. Both
words and images are an integral part of my process. During the course of a project I fill tons of notebooks with
ideas, plans, notes, experiences, dreams, etc., and I continue to fill these notebooks as I make photographs. I am
writing as I am shooting and it is my writing that I return to between trips/shoots. The words allow the pictures
to happen; they are the bridge to the other side.”
Writing often accompanies the display of Steacy’s photographs. He has also taken full advantage of digital
platforms to give us stories and commentaries that are, by turns, intensely introspective, poetic, uncensored, and
full of insight, outrage, and bitter truths. Will Steacy’s personal reportage can be found in his much-discussed
blog, Will Steacy, Too Tough To Die (http://willsteacy.blogspot.com).
Born in New Haven, CT, and raised in Philadelphia, PA, Will Steacy received his B.F.A. from New York
University in 2003. He was named one of Photo District News’ 30 Emerging Photographers To Watch in 2011,
and is also the recipient of prestigious awards such as The Tierney Fellowship and The Aperture Foundation-
Illumination Fund Green Cart Photography Commission.
Will Steacy’s work has been widely exhibited, collected, and featured on CNN, NPR, and BBC, and in The New
Yorker, The New York Times, Esquire, Harper’s, Time, Newsweek, and The Guardian, among others. His books
include The Monstropolous Beast (Christophe Guye Galerie, 2010), Photographs Not Taken (Daylight, 2012),
and the forthcoming Down These Mean Streets (B. Frank Books, fall 2012).
The artist currently divides his time between New York and Philadelphia. He is represented by Michael Mazzeo
Projects in New York and Christophe Guye Galerie in Zurich, Switzerland
RENCONTRES D’ARLES : 2014, UNE ANNÉE CHARNIÈRE
Hervé Schiavetti, maire d'Arles, vice-président du Conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône, vice-président des Rencontres d'Arles.
L’histoire qui lie Arles à la photographie dure depuis 44 ans et durera longtemps encore. Comme toutes les vraies histoires d’amour, ces années ont été riches de découvertes, de bonheurs, d’épreuves aussi. De la chambre noire au smartphone, du mépris à l’Académie, de la rareté du tirage à l’avalanche numérique, les Rencontres d’Arles ont vécu des révolutions esthétiques, technologiques et sociologiques sans perdre leur âme. Arles doit beaucoup aux Rencontres, à leur «père» Lucien Clergue qui fête ses 80 ans et dont l’œu...
Writer and photographer Will Steacy, born in 1980, lives and works in New York. Stemming from five generations of journalists, he worked as a trade unionist before becoming a photographer. Firmly committed to the community, he becomes involved long-term in the subjects that he covers. Recognised by critics notably for Down These Mean Streets – a book published in 2012 - his images are regularly published in magazines and papers like Wired, The Guardian and The New Yorker. Exhibited as part of the Discovery Prize at the Rencontres d'Arles 2014, the Deadline series was also published by b.frank books (Zurich).
Over the course of five years, Will Steacy photographed the editorial and printing premises of the Philadelphia Inquirer at the height of financial difficulties: the loss of advertisers; mass redundancie...
Durant cinq ans, Will Steacy a photographié les locaux de rédaction ainsi que l’imprimerie du Philadelphia Inquirer en pleine période de difficultés financières : abandon des annonceurs, licenciements en série, menace de faillite... A travers cette série, c’est la réalité de toute l’industrie de la presse nord-américaine et mondiale qu’il dépeint et le traitement de l’information à l’ère d’Internet qu’il questionne.
VERNISSAGE
le 21 janvier 2015, 18h30
Entrée libre
Exposition du 21 janvier au 28 février 2015
Espace Quai1
Place de la Gare 3
1800 Vevey
Vitrine permanente du Festival Images, l'Espace Quai1 propose des expositions monographiques de photogra...
Christophe Guye Galerie is pleased to announce the group exhibition 'Urban Spirit' featuring the art of Stephen Gill, Will Steacy, Beat Streuli, Sascha Weidner and Michael Wolf. These artists study the 'location' and the 'human' in different ways. Depending on the degree of presence or absence of 'places' or 'humans' in their photographs, they create a suspense which stimulates the viewer to narrate his or her own story. Although the works offer suggestions, these stories are ultimately created in the viewer's imagination based on his or her own cultural and social background.
«'Urban Spirit' connotes a commitment to an open mind, promises of cultural diversity and opportunities for optimal individual/collective development in urban areas. Each city is distinguis...
Silver Eye Center for Photography is proud to announce the opening of No Job No Home No Peace No Rest: An Installation by Will Steacy, one of the most acclaimed and influential young photographers working today. The exhibition is on view from September 14 through December 15, 2012.
Presented against the backdrop of the 2012 election season, Will Steacy’s new installation is both a chronicle and a critique of a nation where a once-attainable “American Dream” has been replaced, for so many, by a desperate effort to survive. The exhibition’s title comes from a line in Bruce Springsteen's song, The Ghost of Tom Joad, which in turn alludes to John Steinbeck's classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath. Both of these artist-activists have influenced Steacy and, like them, he fiercely identifies w...