Photographer Mark Seliger likes inspiration as a roommate
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Show Us Your Walls
By Ted Loos
That a photographer collects work in his own medium is perhaps not surprising. But Mark Seliger’s West Village compound — a building of some 12,000 square feet that comprises a studio, offices and his home — has an unexpectedly deep array of 20th- and 21st-century images by the likes of Irving Penn, Arnold Newman, Edward Steichen, Paul Caponigro, William Wegman and Diane Arbus. “I never really feel as if I actively go out and collect,” said Mr. Seliger, 59, who had just that moment finished a photo shoot of Drew Barrymore. “I buy photography that I will never think about selling. I like living with the inspiration.” [More]
Show Us Your Walls
By Ted Loos
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| Mark Seliger, at home in the West Village, with an array of photographs by the likes of Irving Penn, Arnold Newman and Edward Steichen. Credit: Ike Edeani for The New York Times |
