Schön! alive 3 | less than zero

Sebastian Copeland lives between land, sea and ice, but he grew up surrounded by lights, cameras and music. His French father was a prominent composer, and his English mother a leading producer for commercial agencies. After a stint as a child actor, Copeland went on to become a production/camera assistant for Tony and Ridley Scott, amongst others. He graduated from UCLA’s film school with a summa cum laude and was immediately signed up as a commercial director, whilst also shooting celebrity portraits on the side. All this, as well as a brief marriage to Brigitte Nielsen, suggested that a career in Hollywood was a given. Yet, in his heart, Copeland harboured a deep love for astronomy, geology and glaciology. His fine arts degree was coupled with studies in earth sciences. On safari, during a visit to his grandfather in Swaziland, the 11-year-old Copeland received his first point-and-shoot camera. Later, he “borrowed” his mother’s Olympus OM-2 and then the replacement Nikon F3. He has since won a Tokyo International Foto Award and three International Photography Awards, but as he tells us, “In the end, I didn’t choose photography… Photography chose me.” Read the full interview and feature now in Schön! alive 3,... Read more » The post Schön! alive 3 | less than zero appeared first on Schön! Magazine.