Gabriel Garcia Marquez

In 2007 I photographed the late Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - ©STEVE PYKE

Philosopher's portraits in New Philosopher magazine

Steve's 'Philosophers' series has been featured in New Philosopher magazine which can be found online, or alternatively a PDF of the feature is available by clicking the image below...

Apollo Exhibition and PhotoNOLA Workshop

Dear friends,

In the off chance that you are in Houston on November 16, I am having an exhibition there accompanied by Nichola Bruces' film Moonbug. Would be a lovely surprise to see you there...

I will also be at Photo NOLA leading a workshop on portrait photography on the streets of New Orleans. Brief details below but for full details and how to register, head here. 

PhotoNOLA Portrait Workshop with Steve Pyke

New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery

Sunday December 2, 2012
10am – 4pm
Workshop Fee: $75 | Registration opens Monday, Nov 5
Class limit: 10 participants

Steve's 'Time' cover portrait of Justice John Roberts

After the Supreme Court decision to uphold President Barack Obamas healthcare law, Steve's portrait of the vote swinger and US supreme court justice John Roberts is on this weeks cover of Time Magazine...

Steve on the World Press Photo Award judging process

Following the announcement of the World Press Photo Award winners last week, Steve was asked to share his thoughts on the winners and process of judging as he acted as this year's special jury chair for portraits:

Steve on the winners:

Steve on the first week of judging:

Steve to chair World Press Photo Portrait Category

World Press Photo is proud to announce the jury chairs for the specialised categories in the 2012 Photo Contest: Steve Pyke (Portraits), Joel Sartore (Nature) and Koji Aoki (Sports). David Friend will chair the overall final jury, as well as the first round of the News and Documentary category.

Following the Photo Contest in February, the second Multimedia Contest will be judged in March, and will be open for entries by participants themselves.

©STEVE PYKE Philosophers Composition

2012 Photo Contest

As in previous years, the first rounds in three themed categories will be judged by specialists. Photographer and artist Steve Pyke, UK, is chairing the portrait category and Joel Sartore, USA, contributing photographer of National Geographic magazine, takes on the role of chair of the Nature category. The chair of the Sports category is Koji Aoki, Japan, chief photographer Aflo Sport / Aflo Dite and president Aflo Co., Ltd. As announced before, the news and documentary jury, as well as the final rounds of the judging, will be chaired by David Friend, Vanity Fair's editor of creative development.

The complete list of judges will be published at the beginning of December. Judging takes place at the World Press Photo office in Amsterdam from 28 January until 9 February 2012. More details about the judging are available on www.worldpressphoto.org/2012-photo-contest.

The 2012 Photo Contest will be open for participants to enter their work online from 1 December. The deadline for submissions is 12 January 2012. The results of the contest will be announced on 10 February in a press conference at the Amsterdam City Hall and on the foundation’s website.

Steve talking on WFMU radio

Just a few days ago Steve spoke on WFMU radio about his life's work, and in particular his passion for photographing Philosophers, culminating in two books being published featuring these portraits.

The show has been archived and is available to listen to below.



June 27, 2011: Photo Op
This week photographer Steve Pyke tells us about his Philosopher portrait series and your host goes to France in search of photo books. Plus a remix of the three photographers we featured last year in the "Beyond the Fruited Plain" series: Richard Misrach, Alec Soth, and Naomi Harris.

The Bridge Sessions with Steve Pyke

Below are two great little videos with Steve talking to photographer Zack Smith. in the first video Steve talks about his passion for music and how it has informed and influenced his photography.

In the second video Zack talks to Steve about his image making process and the 'Philosophers' series. Enjoy!