Howard Schatz

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Howard Schatz Beverly Ornstein Schatz/Ornstein Studio www.howardschatz.com The photographs of Howard Schatz are exhibited in museums and photography galleries internationally and are included in innumerable private collections. He... has received international acclaim for his work which has been published in eighteen monographs. May 2015 marks the publication of a monumental 2-volume 25-year retrospective of the work of Howard Schatz: Schatz Images: 25 Years. www.schatzimages25years-glitterati.com Schatz's 20th book, Caught in the Act: Actors Acting" was published in October, 2013. In it he gives us a unique window into the world of stage and screen as he explores the magical transformation that happens when an actor takes hold of words on a page and becomes another person. Schatz directed and photographed 85 actors to explore an enormous range of scenarios in one-on-one improvisation, capturing the dynamic energy of the actors in full creative flight. The book includes powerful and compelling portraits of each actor along with an extensive interview, focusing on the creative process. In 2012, his 19th book, "AT THE FIGHTS: Inside the World of Professional BOXING" was published. Born out of a six-year study and exploration,it is a magnificent collection of fantastic and award-winning photographs and revealing interviews of boxing’s current champions and key movers and shakers including promoters, managers, announcers, referees, judges and trainers. At The Fights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing is published by Sports Illustrated Books is Schatz's nineteenth book. Published in 2011, WITH child, is the result of a 20-year long exploration of the landscape of the human body in the last two weeks of pregnancy. It is his eighteenth book. In 2007, Bulfinch Press published the third in Schatz's series of explorations of imagery made on, over and underwater. It is a breathtaking feat of underwater photography and a visionary celebration of movement and form. Working with uncommonly graceful and aquatically gifted dancers, models, and performers, photographer Howard Schatz has found joyous inspiration underwater. The images in H2O take advantage of water's unique properties- light, clarity, buoyancy, and reflectivity-to create a delightfully serene and otherworldly aesthetic. At once uncanny, lithe, athletic, and mysterious, the figures in Schatz's photographs transform the pool into studio and stage. Howard Schatz first established a following in the 1990s with two collections of underwater photography, Water Dance and Pool Light. With H2O, Schatz takes the magic of weightlessness and the beauty of dance to new heights. Whether in single portraits or as part of a larger, spectacular ballet, his dancers are as utterly elegant as they are phantasmagorical. They appear before the camera as though borrowed from a dream. In Character: Actors Acting Schatz's sixteenth book of photographs, was published in April 2006 by Bulfinch Press. Schatz photographed 100 actors of stage, screen and television, directing them in one-on-one improvisation. Botanica (Bulfinch 2005) and Athlete, (HarperCollins, 2002) were Schatz's two other most recently published books of photographs. Schatz's books are known worldwide; other titles include: Nude Body Nude; Body Knots, Passion & Line, and Pool Light. Schatz's editorial work has been published in magazines around the world, including Time, Sports Illustrated, Vogue, Vogue Italia, GQ Italia, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Stern, Life, Black/White, American Photo, Photo France, and Photo Italia. His work has been featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America, NPR, Fox Sports Network, the Discovery Channel and widely in Europe. He has made extraordinary images for such advertising clients as Ralph Lauren RLX, Escada, Sergio Tacchini, Nike, Reebok, Wolford, Etienne Aigner, Sony, Adidas, Finlandia Vodka, MGM Grand Hotel, Virgin Records, and Mercedes-Benz. Howard Schatz's fine art work is represented in New York by the Staley-Wise Gallery, in Denver, by Gallery M, and in Los Angeles by the David Gallery. A full listing of other galleries in the United States and abroad can be found in the Galleries section of the website. Howard Schatz Photographic Bibliography Schatz Images: 25 Years, Glitterati Inc., 2015 Caught in the Act: Actors Acting, Glitterati Inc., 2013 At the Fights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing, Sports Illustrated Books, 2012 With Child, Glitterati Inc., 2011 New York Shots, Allemandi, 2011 H2O, Bulfinch Press, 2007 In Character: Actors Acting, Bulfinch Press, 2006 Botanica, Bulfinch Press, 2005 Athlete, HarperCollins, 2002 Rare Creature, Wonderland Press, 2002 Nude Body Nude, HarperCollins, 2001 Body Knots, Rizzoli, 2000 The Virtuoso, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1999 Pool Light, Graphis Press, 1998 Passion & Line, Graphis Press, 1997 The Princess of the Spring and the Queen of the Sea, Pacific Photographic Press, 1997 Body Type: An Intimate Alphabet, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1996 Newborn, Chronicle Books, 1996 WaterDance, Graphis Press, 1995, 1998 Homeless: Portraits of Americans in Hard Times, Chronicle Books, 1993 Seeing Red: The Rapture of Redheads, Pomegranate Press, 1993 Gifted Woman, Pacific Photographic Press, 1992Read More

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2015 One Eyeland Awards: Gold Medal-Photography Book of the Year Schatz Images: 25 Years - [4] 2014 Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris Silver Medal Caught in the Act Communication Arts... 2014 Photography Annual Portrait of Alex Katz in his studio. 2013 American Photography: Best Books of the Year Caught in the Act Graphis 2014 Design Annual Gold Medal for AT THE FIGHTS Applied Arts Annual: First Place, Book Design AT THE FIGHTS: Inside the World of Professional Boxing One Eyeland Awards: Gold Medal-Photography Book of the Year AT THE FIGHTS: Inside the World of Professional Boxing New York Book Show: Specialty Trade Book Award AT THE FIGHTS: Inside the World of Professional Boxing 2012 Graphis Best in Photography 2012 Gold Award Double Folds Trierenberg Super Circuit Gold Medal Communication Arts 2010 Photography Annual Portraits of Boxers from AT THE FIGHTS: INSIDE THE WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL BOXING (published by Sports Illustrated Nov. 2012) American Photography 28 WITH child: Pregnancy Studies Trierenberg SuperCircuit Gold Medal: Portraiture Boxing Study 1529 (Sergio Martinez) 2011 Graphis: 100 Best in Photography of 2011 Platinum Award Winners (4): Nude Study, Beauty/Fashion Gold Award Winners (6): Advertising, Dance, Portrait, Sports, Fashion/Beauty PXIII International Awards Gold Medal: Fashion Underwater Study 3180 PXIII International Awards Gold Medal: Portraiture Portraits of Mike Tyson PXIII International Awards Silver Medal: Press The Prisoner Series PXIII International Awards Silver Medal Portraiture Wild Faces 2011 National Press Photographers Association Awards 1st Place, Portrait and Personality Mike Tyson 9th International Festival of the Fashion Photography Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth 9th International Festival of the Fashion Photography Beauty Studies American Photography 27 Pacquiao vs Margarito at Dallas Stadium for Sports Illustrated American Photography 27 Brendan Fraser: In Character for Vanity Fair Gold Award Graphis 2011 Annual: 100 Best in Photography Fashion: Seven Deadly Sins Human Body Studies Boxing Study Actor Portraits New York Times "T" Dancers Flower Football Player Body Study American Photo: Images of the Year 2010 (Cover) Mike Tyson 2010 Rivne Photobiennale Gold Medal American Photo: Images of the Year First Place: Personal Work--Triple Folds American Photo: Images of the Year Mike Tyson (Cover) Prix de la Photographie Paris Photographer of the Year Prix de la Photographie Paris 1st Place Photojournalism-Sports Portraits of Boxers Prix de la Photographie Paris 1st Place Photojournalism-Performance In Character for Vanity Fair 2010 Trierenberg Super Circuit Gold Medal Communication Arts 2010 Photography Annual Double Folds: Body Landscapes Communication Arts 2010 Photography Annual Portaits of Boxers Photography Masters Cup: Beauty Study 1147 PDN Magazine: Annual Photography Competition - Editorial Finalist Vanity Fair Magazine - In Character: Actors Acting 2009 2009 Al-Thani Award for Photography Fight Study 1001 2nd International Photography Biennale Gold Medals: Dance Study #10, Dancers Flower Silver Medals: Underwater Study 2618, Beauty Study 1147 Prix de la Photographie 1st Place: Portraiture 2nd Place: Performance Trierenberg Super Circuit Grand Prize American Photo Images of the Year Light Study 1054, Pregnancy Study 1104 Honorable Mention The Best Photographers in the World 2008 Anthology--ArtPhoto, Chechkoslovakia Creative Quarterly 2009 Competition Award of Merit Portait of Fred Armisen as Barack Obama 2009 World Press Photography Competition Sports-Feature Stories At The Fights-Before and After Prix de la Photographie Numero Aquatica Photography Masters Cup Liquid Light Pregnancy Study, Beauty Study Quartet 2008 Creative Quarterly: Best Merit Award Prisoner Project Black and White Spider Award Light Study 1034 & Motion Study 1038 PDN: Faces from All Angles Celebrity Portraits: Colin Firth, Chloe Sevigny Austral-asia ScubaDiver "Through the Lens" 1st Place, Underwater Art 2nd Place, Underwater Art Momentum: Images of Dance Underwater Study 2607 International Photography-Lucie Awards Dancers Flower First Place-Fine Art Prix de la Photographie Photojournalism-People & Personalities 1st Place: Whoopi Goldberg Advertising and Fine Art: 2nd Place:Numero Aquatica The 87th Art Directors Club Awards Certificate of Merit for H2O Graphis Design Annual Gold Award Wand Font Poster 2007 International Color Awards: Honor of Distinction; Honorable Mention; Nominee in Fashion Nude Study: LLS #1123 PIX Digital Imaging Award: Beauty Study 1036 Communication Arts Photography Annual Series: Celebrity Portraits by Howard Schatz Scuba Diving Magazine 25 Greatest Diving Photos of All Time Underwater Study 1335 from Pool Light PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris Escada Into the Blue Honorable Mention The 2007 Epson Creativity Award H2O American Photography 23 In Character: Actors Acting Hal Holbrook APA National Photography Competition In Character: Actors Acting Christopher Lloyd • Portrait APA National Photography Competition The Last Supper • Fashion Black and White Spider Awards The Greatest Black and White Photography Vol 1 Fold Studies 1174 and 1177 2006 Gold Award: Black and White Magazine Photo Annual Fold Study #1011 Communication Arts: Photography Annual COVER: Trumpet Tree Leaf from Botanica Communication Arts: Photography Annual Series: Folds Studies Communication Arts: Photography Annual Series: Botanica AltPick Award The Last Supper (from H20) Applied Arts Photography & Illustration Awards Botanica Graphis Four: Nudes International Photographic Competition 2005 Black & White Spider Awards Fine Art Graphis Photo Annual 2005 BodyWorks Texas Photographic Society Cirque Du Soleil International Photography Awards Professional photographer of the year Special category, Underwater series PIX Digital Imaging Awards Merit Winner, NCAA images International Fine Art Photography Exhibition Folds series #1177 2004 PDN Digital Imaging Competition Spider for Epson Printers (Advertising) Alternative Pick Awards 1st Place: Best Photographic Series Folds London Photographic Awards First Place Gold Award: Beauty and Form for Folds London Photographic Awards Fashion Editorial: Attitudes American Photography Nineteen Athlete 'Standing' Graphis Photography Annual Body Works 2003 Graphis Photography Annual Athlete Communication Arts Photography Annual Athlete 2002 Graphis Photography Annual NudeBodyNude Graphis Poster Annual Parsons Dance Company Poster Epson Professional Masters Kodak Pro Photographer 2001 Applied Arts Photography Competition for NudeBodyNude Yahoo Internet Life for best website Howard Schatz: Hasselblad Master from Hasselblad Masters: "The Hasselblad Masters represent photography at its finest; at its most inspired, most communicative, most beautiful. They are masters at conveying an instant, an emotion, with image." Photo District News Photography Annual for advertising, fashion editorial and website Art Directors' Club Distinctive Merit Award for Body Knots 2000 Photo District News/PIX Digital Imaging Award of Merit: Advertising Orange Slice for Stoli Vodka Photo District News/PIX Digital Imaging for Body Knots, first place Photo District News/PIX Digital Imaging for fashion editorial: Water Wars Communication Arts Photography Annual for Body Knots Photography Yearbook (cover) feature on Howard Schatz 1999 Graphis Magazine (cover) feature on Howard Schatz Graphis Photography Annual Fashion & Underwater Communication Arts Photography Annual for 2(x)ist advertising campaign Communication Arts Design Annual book design for Pool Light Communication Arts Advertising Annual for Time Magazine advertising campaign Photo District News/PIX Annual Digital Photography Competition for advertising, first place Applied Arts Photography Competition for fashion editorial Independent Book Publisher's Award for Pool Light 1998 Zoom Magazine, International Digital Photography Competition Photo District News Annual Digital Photography Competition, first place American Graphic Design Award for Dance Magazine cover story Communication Arts Design Annual for Passion & Line Association of Graphic Communications for Dance Magazine calendar World Press Competition for Passion & Line Applied Arts Photography Competition for fashion editorial Applied Arts Photography Competition for book design for Passion & Line National Calendar Awards for Passion & Line Graphis Photography Annual for Passion & Line 1997 World Press Honorable Mention, Arts & Entertainment Stories Passion & Line German Art Director's Club Gold Medal for WaterDance in Stern Magazine American Photography 13 Photo Annual for Pregnancy series Applied Arts Photography Competition for fashion editorial Communication Arts Photography Annual for Passion & Line, AT$T Olympics campaign and Newborn/Wet Kids 1996 International Underwater Advertising Competition for Wolford Underwater Swimsuit Campaign, first place Applied Arts Photography Competition for fashion editorial Communication Arts Photography Annual for WaterDance and BodyType 1995 Communication Arts Photography Annual, International Edition (cover) for WaterDance Graphis Photography Annual for Newborn/Pregnancy 1994 Communication Arts Photography Annual (cover) for Seeing Red American Photographer Annual Competition (cover) for WaterDance, first place Graphis Photography Annual for Homeless 1993 Graphis Photography Annual for Gifted Woman 1992 Advertising Photographers of America Photo Annual for Gifted WomanRead More