Some recent shots from the Cliburn competition.

[Stephen Eastwood]

Hello all, I recently ventured out of my normal area and shot the 6 finalists of the Van Cliburn competition.

We had about 1 hour and 45 minutes with each finalist including Gold medal winners Nobuyuki Tsujii, from Japan who is actually blind and a wonder to listen too, also gold medalist Haochen Zhang from China, silver medal winner Yeol Eum Son, from Korea, and the remaining finalists Evgeni Bozhanov, from Bulgaria, Di Wu, from China, and Mariangela Vacatello From Italy.

Steinway was a huge help as was my art director Lynx, who also created the large gold/copper piano painting we used.

I pulled many of the dresses and other outfits/shirts from Neiman Markus.

http://stepheneastwood.com/cliburn_samples/



Stephen Eastwood
http://www.PhotographersPortfolio.com

 

[Charles L Webster]

Very nice Stephen!

I'd love to have an opportunity to shoot that piano. Is there really no sound box around the works, as it seems from your photos?

 

[Edward Bussa]

I love the the curl of light on his right cheek.

What equipment did you use?

 

[Cedric MASSOULIER]

Hi,

I really like these two ones where "models" are playing with fun and relax :

 

[Doug Kerr]

Hi, Stephen,

Wondrous work (and of course a wondrous event)

Thanks for sharing with us.

 

[Rachel Foster]

I love the angle and perspective on these.

 

[Rachel Foster]

We have tickets to see Yeol Eum Son in February. Loved these shots when I first saw them and still love them.

 

[Stephen Eastwood]

We have tickets to see Yeol Eum Son in February. Loved these shots when I first saw them and still love them.

Thank you, I personally loved these two

She, and the rest were a joy to work with, very different from my norm, but the dedication they have to music showed through in their dedication to getting great shots in a very, very limited timeframe.

the piano lid and inner workings were actually from the NY Steinway they played on stage at the competition. Steinway was a pleasure to deal with and so helpful in making things happen in an extremely tight schedule, they dismantled and brought the piano over less then an hour after the competition ended for a late shoot before Nobu had to fly out.

 

[Rachel Foster]

Wow! I just returned from seeing Yeol Eum Son perform. WOW! What a musician! I kept thinking, "Boy, would I LOVE a chance to shoot her hands on the piano!" Her fingers moved almost too fast to see. Or maybe it WAS too fast to see!