Sean Patrick Watters lives and works in NYC. He studied at Indiana University and the International Center for Photography founded in 1974 by Robert Capa in Manhattan.
As soon as he left the International Center, he expressed his interest in fashion photography. His black and white prints, his propensity to play with shadows, his sense for staging and his ability to perceive and render the soul of his models ensured him a enviable fame within the fashion world & Lifestyle magazines : ELLE UK - South Africa, L’Officiel Paris, UOMO Collezioni, Gaytimes Magazine, Cool America Mag, The New York Daily News, Pup Magazine, Desnudo, The Opera Photography Magazine
In addition to his studio work, he became interested in fine art photography and got involved with the LGBTQI+ community which gave him to start a series of black and white portraits which over the years led him to many renowned series: Harlem Black, Minneapolis, Montayne’s Rivulet etc.
Among his exhibitions to mention: The Fire & Soul 100 years of Harlem, the Kente Royal Gallery NYC / a show curated by Art Crawl gallery Harlem Renaissance: Montayne’s Rivulet, The Revelation Gallery NYC; Over the Rainbow, Praz-Delavallade Los Angeles; I Have a Tale to Tell, EDF Foundation Paris; ART is HOPE to benefit LINK Pompidou Center Paris; Remove Clothes to benefit AIDES PIASA Paris; and, most recently, Under the same Sky Praz-Delavallade Paris (2022). His next exhibition will be a LGBTQI+ group exhibition at the Working Dog Gallery in Sydney, Australia in 2023.
Currently, Sean is featured among several artists in Kerber Verlag latest tome called The Opéra Anniversary Issue: Best of Classic and Contemporary Nude Photography.