13 Facts About Steve Pyke

Steve Pyke MBE was born on 1957 and is a British photographer living in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Steve Pyke became involved in the turbulent music scene of the late 1970s, a move which led him into his first experiments in photography.

Steve Pyke became a singer in a number of bands and was involved with establishing a record label and fanzines.

Steve Pyke sought to develop his style by joining the Film Centre Stream course at the London College of Printing in 1982, though he worked as much on his own projects as college assignments.

The first picture made in this way, of the film director Sam Fuller in 1983, was taken the same afternoon as Steve Pyke found the Rolleinars in an Edinburgh camera shop.

Steve Pyke has developed, self-funded and then published a number of personal projects, including those on the world's leading thinkers and on youth identity.

Steve Pyke has been collecting the Faces of Our Times for roughly thirty years, recording those who have made a contribution to the history of the age.

Steve Pyke has made a series on First World War veterans and The Holocaust Survivors as well as a study of the world's leading film directors.

Steve Pyke has produced still-life projects that include his "Soles" series and the "Post Partum Post Mortem" collection.

Steve Pyke has worked for many magazines, and published eight books which concentrate on different aspects of his work.

Steve Pyke was appointed an MBE in the 2004 New Year Honours list for his services to the Arts.

Steve Pyke became staff photographer at The New Yorker in 2004 and lives in New Orleans.

Steve Pyke married photographer Nic Kaczorowski at St Paul's Cathedral, London, in June 2014.