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ailing from Los Angeles, photographer, writer and director, Lyon has been considered an enigma within his industry of the art world and a bona-fide renaissance visionary. He has engineered a creative legacy both in front and behind the camera for over three decades. . It was in the early 80’s that he was first discovered by Andy Warhol’s lens as a model for his new Interview magazine. One of the top male models in the world throughout the 80s and 90s, he is still considered one of the internationally recognized, fashion models of this era.
“I”ll make images as long as I have something to say” – Steven Lyon
Africa called, “Something that Matters”. This poignant documentary takes a raw, firsthand look at the escalating crisis of poaching and corruption, which threatens 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 Steven Lyon founded a nonprofit organization called, Lyonheartlove. The documentary, is the inaugural project under the auspices of the organization.
Steven’s directorial work has come to the attention and acknowledged by a variety of For the past 25 years Lyon immersed himself international film festivals. His music video, into the fashion world of Paris – only this “Fire”, for the band “The Winery Dogs”, was time, on the other side of the lens, as a fine the official selection for both “New York art, fashion and celebrity photographer. Lyon Film Week” and “Los Angeles International drew inspiration from the cinema especially Film Festival”. The video garnered top prize film noir and German Expressionist cinema- in “Hollywood International Motion Picture tography. Film Festival” and “The Prague International Film Festival”. He was also slated as the In the city of lights, he established himself as “director to watch”. His sultry, sexy short film a creative impresario, sometimes irreverent, “Remember Cuba” was recently selected a borderline rebel, walking his own path and won top prize at the “Los Angeles Sin in the global, fashion photography, arena. Festival.” Lyon’s work has been exhibited throughout the galleries of Europe, and published in After a three-decade stint abroad and in NYC, numerous magazines including, Vogue, Van- Steven Lyon has finally returned to hishomeity Fair and GQ plus many more leading art town, Los Angeles where he founded and is house magazines.For the past 4 years, Lyon acting editor in chief and creative director of has been filming a feature documentary in a new art publication named “INDULGE”. Its
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an art and image based bi-annual publication. Lyon continues his tireless work on the plight of the Rhinos and will be debuting his documentary, “Something That Matters”, in Spring 2021. In the meantime Lyon enjoys his California days with his 14 year old American Staff Rudy and continuing his imaginative journey and creative legacy.
