Henry Hargreaves (photographer)

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Henry Hargreaves
Born 1979
New Zealand
Residence Brooklyn, New York
Education Canterbury University
Occupation Still Life and Fashion Photographer
Website Henry Hargreaves

Henry Hargreaves is a Brooklyn-based artist and food photographer.[1][2]

Early life and education

Henry Hargreaves grew up in New Zealand.[3][4][5] In high school he took photography and then attended Canterbury University, earning a degree in American studies and film studies.[4][6][7]

Career

Restaurants

Hargreaves was a bartender at Schiller’s on the lower east side of Manhattan for three years.[8][9] He is a partner in Jack’s Wife Freda in Soho and Saint Mazie in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[9]

Model

While traveling, Henry was approached and recruited by a modeling agent.[7] He modeled for Prada, YSL, Hermes, Lacoste, and Jil Sander.[6][10][11] He modeled full-time for three years and was labeled one of the biggest models of 2002 and 2003.[6][7][12]

Photographer

Hargreaves learned photography techniques from speaking with photographers and experimented with his own set.[4] He works out of a studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and shoots for clients such as Ralph Lauren, NY Magazine, GQ, NYLON, Boucheron, Marie Claire, and Sagmeister.[10][11] In 2010, he published the book 3DD: A 3-D Celebration of Breasts followed by 3DD Deluxe: Bigger and Better in 2011.[3][5] Hargreaves uses food as a medium in his photo series, including: Burning Calories,Food of the Rainbow, Mark Rice-Ko, Jello-O Presidents, Edible Subway, Bacon Alphabet, and No Seconds.[6][13][14][15][16] Other still life photo series include Zen of Yoda, Deep-Fried Gadgets, and Game Over.[15][17] Hargreaves featured his photography in exhibitions at the Herter Gallery at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, The Lunch Box Gallery in Miami, Florida, and Bushwick Open Studios, an art and culture festival.[16][18][19] Henry Hargreaves also makes short animated videos.[5]

Awards and recognition

  • In 2012, Hargreaves worked on two Type Directors Club-winning projects.[20] Projects Hargreaves worked on won the award for advertising campaign and for poster.[20]
  • Hargreaves won the grand prize for the Budweiser Made in America R/W/B competition, curated by rapper Jay-Z’s Life+Times website in 2012.[21][22][23]
  • In 2012, Henry Hargreaves' Food of the Rainbow was ranked number six in the Top Ten Most Viral Web Content on Trendland.[24]

External links

See also

References

  1. https://www.finedininglovers.com/blog/out-of-the-blue/food-maps-henry-hargreaves/
  2. http://www.boredpanda.com/last-meals-of-death-row-inmates-captured-by-photographer-henry-hargreaves/
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