Sacha Dean Biyan
Sacha Dean Bïyan is a fashion photographer and photojournalist.
Biyan was born on October 1, 1968 and grew up in Montreal, Canada. He began his career as a break dancer and club deejay in the mid 80s. He then went on to earn a Master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering and worked as a consultant in the aerospace industry for over ten years. Although he had no formal training in photography, he began experimenting with cameras, film and darkroom techniques at an early age. His affinity for photography eventually led him to switch careers again in his early thirties.
Since then, Biyan has shot for clients such as Sony Music, Adidas, the Gap and Discovery,[citation needed] and his images have also appeared in magazines like GQ, Vogue and Marie Claire.[citation needed] He has held solo exhibitions of his works in São Paulo,[1] Florence, Barcelona, Paris, Tokyo,[citation needed] and most recently, Los Angeles as a benefit for Amnesty International.[2] Biyan is also the author of the fine art book Spiritus Mundi, which documents his travels in Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Guatemala, Indonesia, etc.[3] And his fashion photographs served as the platform[vague] for the music CD, Dessous Presents Eccentris: Skin Is In as well as the iTunes album Eccentris Vibes, both released in 2006.
Favourite Website Awards has described his website, Eccentris.com, as "about as cutting edge as you will see."[4] In 2002, Communication Arts named the site one of its Interactive Annual 9 winners,[5] and it was subsequently featured in the September/October 2003 issue of Communication Arts.[6] His websites have also been showcased in Taschen's 1,000 Favorite Websites[7] and Taschen's Web Design Portfolios.[8] Biyan is presently based in New York City.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Sao Paulo, Memorial da America Latina Museum Exhibition video footage
- ^ Amnesty International.
- ^ Dórea Books and Art, the book's publisher. Requires Flash.
- ^ Ford, Rob, "FWA Review, Best Photo Sites".
- ^ Communication Arts Interactive Annual 9 Winners
- ^ Interactive Annual 9: Eccentris
- ^ ISBN 3-8228-2586-7
- ^ ISBN 3-8228-4041-6
[edit] External links
- Eccentris: Sacha Dean Biyan - Biyan's website. Requires Flash.
- Eccentris Mobile - Mobile version of original Eccentris site. Formatted for iPhone and iPod Touch.
- Earth Pilgrim - Website dedicated to his work with indigenous groups around the world. Requires Flash.
- Area Of Design - An interview about his work.
- Skin Is In at Dessous Recordings page
- Eccentris Vibes from iTunes
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