Here is the biography of Steven Lyon:
Hailing from Los Angeles, Steven Lyon is a multifaceted artist, photographer, writer, and director who has been a enigmatic figure in the art world and a renaissance visionary for over three decades.
Lyon's creative journey began in the early 1980s when he was discovered by Andy Warhol's lens as a model for his new Interview magazine. He went on to become one of the top male models in the world throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and is still considered one of the internationally recognized fashion models of his era.
For the past 25 years, Lyon has been immersed in the fashion world of Paris, this time on the other side of the lens, as a fine art, fashion, and celebrity photographer. He drew inspiration from the cinema, especially film noir and German Expressionist cinematography.
In the city of lights, Lyon established himself as a creative impresario, sometimes irreverent, a borderline rebel, walking his own path in the global fashion photography arena. His work has been exhibited throughout the galleries of Europe and published in numerous magazines, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, and GQ, as well as a few leading art house magazines.
For the past seven years, Lyon has been in production of a feature documentary film shot in Africa called "Something That Matters". This poignant documentary takes a raw, first-hand look at the escalating crisis of poaching and corruption, which threatens the extinction of the entire Rhino species. Lyon has logged over 1,000 km on foot on an exceptional trek in the African Bush in search of the real story behind this crisis.
In 2013, Lyon founded a nonprofit organization, Lyonheartlove, with the documentary being the inaugural project under the auspices of the organization. His directorial work has come to the attention and acknowledged by a variety of international film festivals.
Lyon's music video, "Fire", for the band "The Winery Dogs", was the official selection for both "New York Film Week" and "Los Angeles International Film Festival". The video garnered top prize in "Hollywood International Motion Picture Film Festival" and "The Prague International Film Festival", and he was slated as the "director to watch".
His sultry, sexy short film "Remember Cuba" was recently selected and won top prize at the "Los Angeles Sin Festival". After a three-decade stint abroad and in NYC, Lyon has finally returned to his hometown of Los Angeles where he founded and is acting editor-in-chief of a new art publication named "INDULGE".
The publication is an art and image-based bi-annual publication catering to film photography, profiling master photographers and artists. Lyon continues his tireless work on the plight of the Rhinos and will be debuting his documentary, "Something That Matters", in Spring 2022.
In the meantime, he enjoys his California days with his 14-year-old American Staff Rudy and continuing his imaginative journey and creative legacy.
