Timothy Saccenti is a director and photographer living in New York city and working worldwide. Timothy’s artwork is defined by his technique of creating immersive environments for expressing the esoteric through a modernist pop sensibility, tempered by an occasional ironic dose of humor. His visuals create tension by striking a balance between the otherworldly and the familiar, walking a tightrope between the emotional and the cerebral. Using a palette of exquisite art direction, high production values, unique use of color, and palatial lighting, he paints his subjects [mostly bleeding-edge musicians and artists], as archetypes in their own unique worlds, in a style described recently as “baroque futurism”. Whether in a rough, desolate alleyway or a highly controlled studio environment, Timothy manages to create images that transcend circumstances and respond to the subject in a distinct manner. Recently he has focused his attention from still photography to motion direction, creating promos which have made waves in the music video world for respected musical artists including Battles, Animal Collective, and most recently Jamie Lidell, earning him accolades from many outlets such as the coveted UK quarterly Specialten, Fader, Boards Magazine, Creative Review, Videostatic, and Pitchfork Media, as well as entry into multiple festivals throughout the world, including the BUG festival in London, Edinburgh international film festival,Mirrorball, and the Los Angles Film Festival 2008, with his video Battles “Atlas” video winning the independent music PLUG awards music video of the year for 2007. His work recently warranted underground art magazine REFILL to praise, “His crisp, color saturated compositions are marked by stark simplicity that’s unnervingly real. His meticulous, minimalist style has proven to be uncannily effective.”
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Timothy Saccenti : Selected Directon
"Rogan for Target" televsion spot - May 2008 - quicktime video
Jamie Lidell - another day - music video - 2008 - quicktime video
Animal Collective - peacebone - music video - 2007 - quicktime video
Battles - atlas - music video -2007 - quicktime video
Flying Lotus - conceptual video - 2008 - click above
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Timothy Saccenti : Selected Photography
Wallpaper for MAXALOT - commercial product - May 2008 - photos as wallpaper (example as header image above)
The Rapture - album cover and press photos for !K7 Records - May 2008
Kiss FM - ID and ad campaign - photo shoot (London UK) - May 2008
Flying Lotus - album art and project visual concept for Warp Records - Spring 2008
Erykah Badu - cover photo shoot for Remix Magazine - Spring 2008
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Timothy Saccenti : Selected Press
Making of Jamie Lidell music video with PaperThinWalls
Making of Animal Collective music video "Peacebone"- quicktime video
Making of Animal Collective music video "Peacebone"- Fader Magazine - PDF
Review of Animal Collective music video "Peacebone" - Spin Magazine - Jpg
Interview about Battles music Video "Atlas" with Specialten Magazine - quicktime video
Making of Battles music Video "Atlas" - quicktime video
Interview Bak Magazine - PDF
Interview PROMO Magazine - PDF
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Timothy Saccenti : Time Line
2008 -Timothy signs to Partizan, begins work on debut film for Warp films, Carl Craig documentary starts, upcoming art show in London Fall 2008, RaRa Riot photo shoot for Flaunt, The Rapture album art photo shoot for !K7, TV on the Radio photo shoot for Uncut magazine, Innerpartsystem album art photo shoot for Sony ,Tricky album art photo shoot for Domino, Commonwealth "Lard" book collaboration, Audi “roadster TT” commercial, Rogan for Target televsion commercial, Jamie Lidell “Another Day” video, Erykah Badu photography Shoot, The Rapture packaging shoot, Flying Lotus album art/video, Kiss FM print campaign.
2007 –Battles “Atlas” video and album art, Animal Collective “Peacebone” video, photograph of “Atlas Sound”,Bloc Party, Patrick Wolf, Ulrich Schnauss, TV on the Radio, Jamie Lidell, EL-P “I’ll sleep when you’re dead” album art, Speaks at “Sweetalk NYC” conference, Antvilles “best new director 2007”, Two-faced exhibition/book London, Battles video reaches 1,000,000 youtube views.
2006- Peaches “Downtown” video featured in “Mirrorball”, NIKE Ambient project, Spike TV project, MTV Music Video Awards Visuals, Junior Boys “so this is goodbye” album art, SA-RA album art, LCD soundsystem photography, DFA comp #2 photography, Motor “Sweatbox” video, Fly “Shard” video, etc..speaks at “Sweettalk: Dublin” conference
2002-2005 began timothy saccenti photography inc,, photography projects including The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy slim, Deep Dish, swayzak, rammellzee, Grandmaster flash, DFA records, Beans, Warp records, transfatty, Samsonite, Absolut, alpine stereo, sony,, K7, Island, etc, work included in various shows including solo show at Zakka nyc.
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