About Sebastian Piras

Sebastian Piras is a New York based photographer and filmmaker. His main photographic subject matter has been portraiture. "Artists Exposed", published in 1996, is a partial collection of captivating portraits of known and unknown artists and players in the international arts scene, including Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. David Ross, former Director of the Whitney Museum, wrote the introduction for the book, heralding Piras' photos as "...probing and extraordinarily beautiful portraits of artists... that ultimately produces winners at both ends of the camera."

A new artists portraits book consisting of some 120 artists portraits, "A Pocketful of Contemporary Artists Portraits", containing images taken from 1986 till 2006, was released in late 2008. Piras' photographs have been published, exhibited and collected worldwide.

Piras has directed and filmed several documentaries, including "Taylor Mead Unleashed", which also featured the late Allen Ginsberg and Quentin Crisp, and has done extensive work both in TV broadcasting and on feature films as a photographer, director and producer. He is currently photographing and co-producing a video profile on architect Richard Meier.

In the past 4 years he has directed 2 short films, "Art Depot" and "FOG", and is currently working on a film on modern dancer Margaret Beals.