By the age of 25, he had achieved one of his major goals, "to work for British VOGUE."

After moving to Paris, Landis relates that "Grace Coddington and Liz Tilberus gave me the chance of a lifetime, the chance I was waiting for, shooting editorial fashion stories for the best fashion magazine in the world, British VOGUE."

"Casting and shooting Cindy Crawford's first cover was memorable."

In Paris, Steve Landis seized the opportunity to hire the 18 year old Crawford for a beauty story for the French magazine 20ANS.   By taking her with him to the magazine's offices he convinced the editors to also let him do a cover try with her.  He relates, "Cindy Crawford was incredibly photogenic. She also had no idea that she would become this major star."

". . . a keen eye for talent" was not a new observation for art directors to make.

Several weeks before shooting the Crawford cover, Landis had also recommended and hired the newly arrived Linda Evangelista, for a shoot in London with British VOGUE. "Linda had also just come to Paris. I met her through her agency Elite. She was fabulous and fun, and we loved working together," Landis adds.

". . . stars are just like you and me, only more famous.

The great ones, like Paul Newman (whom I've had the privilege of photographing several times) are interesting, have strong presence, yet are still humble, kind, normal and without pretense.  It's the wannabe's who are difficult, not the stars." 

"Working with positive and creative people is exciting."

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Partial Client List of Steve Landis Photographer

Vogue (British)
Cosmopolitan (American, British, Italian, Spanish)
W
Elle (French)
Grazia (Italian)
Amica (Italian)
Madame Figaro (French)                                                Marie Claire Bis (French)
Marie France (French)
Company (British)
New York Times
The Golfer
The Sporting Life
Bloomingdales
Gillette
Avon
BMG Records
Arista Records
Dresdner Bank

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