Henry Leutwyler

Bio:

Born in Switzerland in 1961, Leutwyler is a self-taught photographer with a stubborn streak and unflappable love for the medium. His grandfather and father were... both printers. He decided not to follow their path, instead to travel and photograph, soaking up color and culture from around the world. After being rejected by one of Switzerland’s best photography schools, he opened his own photo studio in Lausanne, photographing cheese, chocolates and watches and went bankrupt in a year-and-a-half. In 1985, Leutwyler moved to Paris where he apprenticed with photographer Gilles Tapie and rapidly established himself as an editorial photographer. A decade later, Leutwyler moved to New York City. He has photographed the likes of Michelle Obama, Julia Roberts, Tom Wolfe, Iggy Pop, Rihanna and Martin Scorsese to name a few. Leutwyler lives and works in downtown Manhattan. Editorials National Geographic, Conde Nast Traveler, Architectural Digest, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Teen Vogue, GQ Style, The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, Self Service, Victory, Out of Order, Beauty Papers, Esquire, Time, Elle, Numéro & The Wall Street Journal Magazine. Books 2005 Elvis by the Presleys, published by Crown 2010 Neverland Lost, A Portrait of Michael Jackson, published by Steidl 2012 Ballet, Photographs of the New York City Ballet, published by Steidl 2015 Ballet, Photographs of the New York City Ballet, 2nd edition, published by Steidl 2016 Document, published by Steidl 2020 Hi there!, published by Steidl 2020 Glassworks, The Art of Frederick Birkhill, The Artist Book Foundation 2021 Product, Sartorius, published by Steidl 2022 Philippe Halsman, A Photographer's Life, to be published by Steidl 2022 Misty Copeland by Henry Leutwyler, to be published by Steidl 2022 Red Cross & Red Crescent, to be published by Steidl Gallery Solo Shows 2010 M+B Gallery, Los Angeles, Neverland Lost, USA 2010 Foley Gallery, New York, Neverland Lost, USA 2011 Pobeda Gallery, Moscow, Neverland Lost, Russia 2012 Foley Gallery, New York, Ballet, USA 2013 Spainmedia Gallery, Madrid, Neverland Lost, Spain 2014 Photobastei, Zurich, Neverland Lost & Ballet, Switzerland 2014 Colette, Paris, Neverland Lost, France 2015 Colette, Paris, Fashion Is Nuts, France 2016 Foley Gallery, New York, Document, USA 2017 The Mass Gallery,Tokyo, Neverland Lost & Document, Japan 2021 Foley Gallery, New York, Sacred Dust, USA 2022 Isetan The Space Gallery, Ballet, Tokyo, Japan Group Shows & Installations 2017 Andy Warhol, Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University PA, USA 2018 Arts Bienale, Neverland Lost, Vevey, Switzerland 2018 Arts Bienale, Installation, Hi There! Vevey, Switzerland 2019 Alt. +1000 Photography Festival, Museum of Fine Arts, Le Locle, Switzerland 2019 No'Photo, Photography Biennale, Installation, Hi There, Geneva, Switzerland 2019 Swiss-Sneaks, Adidas, Mudac, Lausanne, Switzerland 2020 Swiss-Sneaks, Tell Chapel, Lausanne, Switzerland 2021 No'Photo, Photography Biennale, Projection, Geneva, Switzerland 2021 Red Cross & Red Crescent Museum, Projection, Geneva, Switzerland Museum Solo Shows 2017 Museum of Fine Arts, Le Locle, Switzerland 2019 Stapferhaus, Fotofestival, Survey Show, Lenzburg, Switzerland Permanent Collections 2020 Museum of Fine Arts, Le Locle, Switzerland 2021 Swiss Foundation for Photography, Winterthur, Switzerland 2021 9/11 Memorial & Museum, New York, USARead More

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Photography

Company:

Henry Leutwyler Studio

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Awards:

ASME, ADC, SPD, Graphis, American Photography, James Beard, PDN & D&AD