New York City based photographer, Sean Patrick Watters is an internationally published artist hailing from Louisville, Kentucky. In his early twenties, Sean moved to NYC on a dance scholarship to the Mary Anthony Modern Dance school in the East Village. Soon thereafter, Sean was off traveling the eastern seaboard on bus and truck musical theatre shows. After dancing from show to show for several years, on the road is where Sean picked up his first camera to document his travels as a gypsy. On his return to NYC, Sean decided to further hone his skills by taking some classes at the International Center for Photography. From there his interest went from shooting food relief programs for Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti program in Port-au-Prince to fashion portraits for Oribe Hair Care Pride campaign. Soon afterwards, Sean has had exhibitions throughout Europe and the Americas on behalf of the Praz-Delavallade gallery in Paris/Los Angeles.
His art work has been featured in the following: Over the Rainbow, Praz-Delavallade Los Angeles; I Have a Tale to Tell, EDF Foundation Paris (solo show); ART is HOPE to benefit LINK Pompidou Center Paris; Remove Clothes to benefit AIDES PIASA Paris; and Under the same Sky Praz-Delavallade Paris (solo show).
Currently, Sean is a contributor to BOYS! BOYS! BOYS!, a queer and gay photography project curated by Ghislain Pascal for The Little Black Gallery in London, featuring a bi-annual magazine, books, and a podcast. Under the guise of Mr. Pascal, Sean launched his first zine called “That Window in Harlem” at Clamp Gallery in New York City.