Stephen Velastegui (b. 1998, Queens, NY) is an NYC-based visual artist working across the mediums of photography, video, graphic design and fashion styling to define a timid, yet blunt sense of provocation.
Stephen got his start in high school, when he was handed down his family’s point-and-shoot camera. His curiosity as a teenager led him to photograph the nuances of everyday life, committing to a vernacular approach. His earliest works, made backstage at fashion shows and parties from his adolescence, would eventually build the foundation of his visual language. Heavily inspired by his upbringing in Ridgewood, Queens, Stephen utilizes an array of melancholic motifs in his work to explore the notions of time, intimacy and liminality.