Stephan Crasneanscki

Stephan Crasneanscki is a photographer and an artist. He was born in France, and now lives and works in New York City, NY. He earned a BFA in photography from Parsons School of Design and an MFA in photography at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, both in New York, NY.

Soundwalk

In 2000, Crasneanscki formed the company Soundwalk, originally called Oversampling, Inc. The company started by making audio tours—guides for New York neighborhoods, The Louvre, an arts exhibit sponsored by Chanel and many others. Regarding how he came up with this unique idea, Crasneanscki said, "I was living on the Lower East Side, where I still live, and I had so many visitors, not only from abroad but from the U.S. as well, people who were always wanting me to show them my New York - and, you know, that was taking up so much of my time - that I got this idea of making a tape, and sending all of them out with the tape. The first one, of course, was of the Lower East Side: my Lower East Side. Everyone loved the tape so much, I thought, Why not make more?" The company now makes a variety of sound art, including movie soundtracks, sound installations, and audio walking tours available as cell phone applications.

Photography

Crasneanscki has photographed for designers Louis Vuitton and Chanel, celebrity Yoko Ono, British rock musicians Coldplay, French magazine Blast and others.

Exhibits

  • Viewing Room, Chelsea (NY, 2000)
  • A l'écart, Ilan Engel and Louise Alexander Gallery, Paris, France, 2009
  • Group show "Natures", Louise Alexander and Ilan Engel Gallery, Porto Cervo, Italy, 2009
  • Le syndrome d'Ulysse, Ilan Engel and Louise Alexander Gallery, Paris, France, 2010

Works

Photography

  • In Gods Name: Wisdom From the World’s Great Spiritual Leaders by Jules Naudet and Gedeon Naudet (authors), Virginie Luc (compiler) and Stephan Crasneanscki (photographer), New York: National Geographic, 2008.

Film

  • Kill the Ego, (2009), Concept and Execution

Writing

  • ''Little Italy: Wiseguys, Bullets, Backrooms’’ (2005)--docufiction about the NYC neighborhood.
  • Belleville (2005)
  • Le Marais (2005)
  • Palais Royal (2005)
  • Saint-Germain-des-Prés (2005)
  • Pigalle (2006)—TV documentary
  • Bronx (2006)—TV documentary
  • Chinatown (2006)—TV documentary
  • Meat Packing District (2006)--docufiction about the NYC neighborhood.
  • Williamsburg (2006)

Acting

  • La maladie de la mort (2003), L’homme—aka The Malady of Death (USA)