Cass Bird

Cass Bird
Born 1974 (age 40–41)
Nationality American
Known for Photography
Website
www.cassbird.com

Cass Bird (born 1974) is an artist, photographer, and director who lives and works in New York.

Exhibitions

Bird has exhibited widely within the United States and abroad,[1] in exhibitions including Global Feminisms at The Brooklyn Museum, New York (2007); JD's Lesbian Utopia at Deitch Projects, New York (2005) with JD Samson;[2] Log Cabin at Artists Space, New York (2005); the A&C Festival for the Emerging Artists, New York; Macro Future at Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma in Rome, Italy; New York Minute at Palazzo Cavour in Turin, Italy. Bird has also exhibited at The Brooklyn Museum, which has also acquired Bird's work for its permanent collection. Bird was a part of The Brooklyn Museum Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art's Feminist Art Base.

Photography

As a fashion photographer, Bird has worked for publications such as The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, GQ, Nylon, Out, and Paper Magazine. Other commercial clients have included eyewear company Warby Parker,[3] GAP, Levi's, Wrangler, True Religion, Nike, and Champion. She has photographed actors, models, musicians, and her own friends and family. Notable subjects include as Jay-Z, M.I.A, Paz de la Huerta, Lily Allen, Karen Elson, Daniel Radcliff, Freja Beha Erichsen, Daria Werbowy, Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Viggo Mortensen. She is represented worldwide by Art+Commerce.

Film

Bird made her directorial debut with a film for fashion brand Sophomore.[4] She continued to go on to produce work for Levi's, JCrew, Urban Outfitters, Wrangler, Lissy Trullie,[5] The Raveonettes,[6] Keds, Maiyet, and Sky Ferreira.[7][8] She has also directed films with subjects including Jay-Z,[9] Cate Blanchett,[10] and Salma Hayek.[11]

Publications

In February 2012 Bird released her book Rewilding with publisher Damiani. The book was shot over two weeks in the summers of 2009 and 2010, with its focus on the natural setting of an artist's community in Tennessee. Sally Singer of Vogue wrote the book's foreword. Singer introduces the book as "an exquisite and sly celebration of femininity of a very modern stripe."[12]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Cass Bird's CV, The Brooklyn Museum".
  2. ↑ Utopia, Deitch Projects
  3. ↑ "Cass Bird for Warby Parker, style.com".
  4. ↑ "Portable Film Festival Filmmaker Profile: Cass Bird".
  5. ↑ "Music Video for Lissy Trullie's song Boy Boy".
  6. ↑ "Music Video for The Raveonettes's song I Want to be Adored".
  7. ↑ "Music Video for Sky Ferreira's song 17".
  8. ↑ "Cass Bird's online film portfolio".
  9. ↑ "Jay-Z by Cass Bird, Vimeo".
  10. ↑ "Cate Blanchett by Cass Bird, Vimeo".
  11. ↑ "Salma Kayek by Cass Bird, Vimeo".
  12. ↑ Cass Bird (2012). Rewilding. Damiani. ISBN 8862082185.

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