Sante D'Orazio
Sante D'Orazio (born January 23, 1956 in Brooklyn , New York ) is an American photographer . He is considered to be one of the best nude photographers of the present and as the successor to Helmut Newton .
Life
Born in New York in 1956, D'Orazio first studied painting and art at Brooklyn College before studying the art of photography with Lou Bernstein . At the beginning of the 80s D'Orazio worked as assistant to Philip Pearlstein , in 1981 he received his first assignment for the Italian fashion magazine Vogue .
From the mid-1980s, D'Orazio became known through exhibitions around the world, especially in Italy , Germany and France . Among other things, he received the Grand Prize of the International Festival of Fashion Photography in 1994 .
Since the mid-1990s, D'Orazio is also active in the movie business and in 1992 at the 49th Film Festival of Venice with the self-made short film Sammy , one homeless , alerted portrayed in New York in coming. After several activities as a director of music and promotional videos, D'Orazio recently completed his first script for a feature film.
He achieved fame primarily for his Playboy recordings of Pamela Anderson and his extremely expressive, often spontaneous, erotic black and white photos of celebrities. His models also included Axl Rose , Heidi Klum , Kate Moss , Prince , Ornella Muti , Mike Tyson and Cindy Crawford .
Exhibitions
Exhibition directory by Sante D'Orazio:
- 1986 Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
- 1986 University of Bologna
- 1991 International Festival of Fashion Photography, Barcelona
- 1992 International Festival of Fashion Photography, Monaco
- 1994 International Festival of Fashion Photography, Carousel du Louvre, Paris
- 1998 International Festival of Fashion Photography, New York
- 1998 Traveling exhibition coordinated by David Fahey, Fahey Klein Gallery
- 1999 Ghost in the Shell: Photography in the Human Soul, The Los Angeles County Museum
- 2000 Artefiera 2000, Bologna
- 2002 Camera Works Gallery, Berlin
- 2003 Camera Works Gallery, Berlin (Rolling Stones)
- 2003 Gallery Zachsta (Warsaw State Museum), Warsaw
- 2004 Stellan Holm Gallery, New York (Pixels)
- 2005 Stellan Holm Gallery, New York (Pamela Anderson - Icon)
- 2005 Kunsthaus Munich (Pamela Anderson - Icon)
- 2006 KunstHausWien (25-year retrospective)
literature
- Francesco Clemente, Sante D'Orazio: A private view - Penguin Books, 1998 - ISBN 0-6708-8251-8
- Sante D'Orazio Photographs . Arena Editions, 2000. Photographs from his professional and personal work.
- Sante D'Orazio: Pam. American Icon. - Schirmer / Mosel, 2005 - ISBN 3-8296-0187-5
- Katlick School . teNeues , 2006.
- Gianni and Donatella . teNeues, 2007.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kunsthaus-Archiv: Biography of Sante D'Orazio ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Kunsthaus archive: exhibition directory ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | D'Orazio, Sante |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York , USA |