piper carter

About me:

.. I'm a freelance FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER, LIGHTING DESIGNER, AND IMAGE MAKER.

I was featured on TYRA BANKS' VH1 show "The Shot". I came out as one of the final 7 contestants. I had the best picture 4 times (out of four episodes), and I was chosen as team leader twice. It was a great experience and reinforced my passion for photography.

I was featured in OK! MAGAZINE, TV GUIDE, US WEEKLY, and also SIRIUS RADIO, XM RADIO.

I've shot editorials for BRITISH ELLE, NEW YORK TIMES, TRACE, SPIN,KING, MASS APPEAL, & other publications including emerging talent for ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP. My commercial experience consists of ad Campaigns for MCCANN ERICKSON, CANDIES, & THE AD COUNCIL.

Graduating from FIT in May '07 with my BFA in Photography &, Digital Media, I completed an internship at VOGUE Magazine in the Photo Department assisting the photo research team with editorial content for the magazine and the Poiret exhibition which was featured this past summer at the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART in the COSTUME INSTITUTE.

I have covered behind the scenes of the Fall '07 collections at OLYMPUS Fashion Week for AOL's Stylelist.com and the Spring '08 MERCEDES BENZ Fashion Week.

My videos of the Maria Cornejo collection were featured on FRENCH VOGUE's website the past two seasons and my most current work was presented in the October &, November '07 issues of ESSENCE Magazine as well as SixDegreesMag.com.

I’ve worked as a freelance assistant for many of the top photographers in the world, and as a studio assistant at three of the top studios in the world: Pier 59, Industria, and SPLASHLIGHT STUDIOS in New York City.


I was an assistant to maverick photographer STEVEN KLEIN for three years. I worked on the the most famous projects of his career including the series with Brad Pitt and the other series with Madonna.

Working with him was wonderful. It allowed me to travel the world, learn about lighting, art, film, and painting. Later, I assisted David Seidner (r.i.p.) on his last two projects before he passed away, including a series of famous portraits of Naomi Campbell and Leontine Price, among others, and a series for Vanity Fair paying homage to the painter John Singer Sargent.


In addition, I also assisted many other critically acclaimed photographers including Craig McDean, Andrew Dossunmu, John Akehurst, Max Vadukul, Torkil Gudnason, Patrick Cariou, Sean Ellis, Nicolas Moore, Ranjit Grewal, Regan Cameron, Gilles Bensimon, Iris Brosch, Karina Tiara, Kenneth Willardt, Richard Corman, Robert Maxwell, Jack Guy, Kwaku Alston, Wayne Maser, Sioux Nesi, Fabio Chizzola, and Daniella Federici.


Working with these amazing photographers, I learned to think and rethink what is there in front of the lens and sometimes what is not, and how to create an image of a character that is believable and truthful, even if it is a reality that exists only on the page.


I enable the viewer to see the creature inside and how light makes it come alive. My main visual inspirations are the great painters of the Northern Renaissance, particularly Vermeer, and his use of posing and lighting, assumed honesty with his subjects, and his ability to make complex compositions look simple.

Gordon Parks also played a pivotal role in my development as a photographer. As a source of inspiration he embodies the artist as thinker, visionary, pioneer, scholar, and revolutionary figure.


My artistic philosophy: I believe in the idea that the woman is to be cherished, respected, and revered. There is power and beauty in a dignified woman, who is sexy, yet soft, and intelligent, not merely demure, docile, or fragile.

My subjects own their strength and femininity simultaneously. My ideal Beauty comes from the strength, dynamism, and charisma of the individual. My images celebrate life and embrace the spirit within while reaching beyond the moment of reality and creating a new reality or fantasy.


Piper Carter: Visionary.


I believe video is the new photography and it is where I see fashion editorial headed on the internet.

I'm looking forward to working on more cool projects. (LOOKBOOKS, CATALOGS, EDITORIALS, ADS, CAMPAIGNS, ARTISTS' PROMOTIONAL IMAGES, VIDEOS)

Check out some of my work:
dailymotion.com/video/x39923_pipercarterbeauty_shortfilms

other links featuring me online:
thestudioarena.com
myspace.com/pipercarter
dailymotion.com/pipercarter
iqons.com/pipercarter
vimeo.com/pipercarter
thehouseofmuses.com
flickr.com/photos/pipercarter
youtube.com/fliqchic
studioarena.blogspot.com
riottt.com/pipercarter
last.fm/user/pipercarter
tagged.com/pipercarter
linkedin.com/in/pipercarter
modelmayhem.com/member.php?id=136966
xing.com/profile/Piper_Carter
theshot.vh1.com

CONTACT:
piper@pipercarter.com
(+1) 347.281.7216
101 west 23rd street #272 NYC 10011


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This weekly event as a movement focuses on redefining the vital role of Women in Hip Hop. Hosted by Detroit's Legendary Miz Korona http://www.myspace.com/1mizkorona Featuring DJ's Mel Wonder & Sticky Niki with B-Girls Mama (Hardcore Detroit) & Ris Money

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It's a new month & The Foundation continues 06.02.09..... Real Hip Hop! Real Women!...Hosted by Detroit's Legendary Miz Korona! Open Mic...DJ's Mel Wonder, Sticky Niki, & FreQ U spinnin Organic Freshness!...Juice Bar...B-Girls Mama (Hardcore Detroit) & Ris Money...Free Wifi...Graf Writer Extraordinaire Riku...@ 5 E gallery!

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P.S. STILL LOOKIN FOR FEMALE EMCEES TO ROCK THE OPEN MIC!

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