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Mark Seliger (Photographer: Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, GQ, more)
Mark Seliger (Photographer: Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, GQ, more)
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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Feb 9, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
“I finally went up to Graydon and I said, ‘Hey, you know, I know you like me. I know you wanted me to be here, but I can also do covers.’”• • •That’s today’s guest, Mark Seliger. He’s the same Mark Seliger who, at the moment of this exchange with Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, had already shot over 180 covers for Rolling Stone, where he was the chief photographer from 1992-2002.Seliger had been heavily recruited by GQ and Vanity Fair to move to Condé Nast. But, as he learned, the days of being Fred Woodward’s go-to image maker were over. Once again, he was the new guy. And he saw an opportunity to reinvent himself.Fortunately, reinvention is Seliger’s middle name.
Print Is Dead (Long Live Print!) is a production of Magazeum & MO.D ©2021–2024
Print Is Dead (Long Live Print!) is a production of Magazeum & MO.D ©2021–2024
Released:
Feb 9, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (47)
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