STEFDIES

PHOTOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCE ART · THE ANTI-SELFIE

Fall down.
Look closer.
Laugh at perfection.

STEFDIES is Stephanie Leigh Rose’s ongoing photographic performance series—one body, one take, and a world of imperfect places worth noticing.

STEFDIES lying face-down on Myrtos Beach as a wave approaches A wave breaking over STEFDIES on Myrtos Beach STEFDIES lying face-down after the wave recedes at Myrtos Beach

WHY SHE FALLS

The anti-selfie for the scroll era.

Every photograph is made spontaneously, usually on an iPhone, without elaborate lighting, permits or retouching. Stephanie turns her face away and “dies” in landscapes, landmarks and ordinary places—shifting attention from the perfect subject to the life happening around her.

It is performance, photography and social critique with a very human punchline: mortality is certain, perfection is not, so be here now.

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01

One take

The unpredictable moment is the work. No second chance, just like life.

02

Real bodies

Unfiltered presence over polished perfection and impossible standards.

03

Open to everyone

A playful, inclusive space to take up room, laugh and be fully present.

COLLECT THE WORK

Bring the anti-selfie home.

Signed limited editions printed as fine-art Giclée on archival paper, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

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Signed editionsEach work includes a certificate of authenticity.
Archival qualityFine-art Giclée printing on acid-free paper.
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LIVE + PARTICIPATORY

A performance you can enter.

STEFDIES with Friends and THE AUDACITY turns the photographic series into a shared, live experience—an invitation to be vulnerable, ridiculous and completely yourself.

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“No matter how many times she ‘dies’ I just can’t stop laughing. I think it’s the commitment to the face-down sprawl. Just awesome.”
— @sarahbourne_in_the_koo

IMPERFECT. PRESENT. ALIVE.

See the world differently.