Howard Schatz
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Howard Schatz is an American ophthalmologist and photographer. After an academic career as a retina
specialist, primarily in the San Francisco area, he turned his photography hobby into a successful second career. 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.
Schatz completed his medical degree at The University of Illinois College of Medicine, followed by a internship at Cook County Hospital in Chicago
, ophthalmology residency
at The University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
, and fellowship
in vitreoretinal diseases at Johns Hopkins Hospital
. Dr Schatz was also a specialist in Medical Retina based in San Francisco, California.
Schatz has had seventeen monographs published of his photographs. H2O, Schatz's most recent book, published in 2007, is the third in his series of explorations of imagery made on, over and underwater. Schatz first established a following for this uniquely expressionistic underwater imagery in the 1990s with two collections of underwater photography, Water Dance and Pool Light.
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 underwater images for such advertising clients as Brizo (a Delta Faucet Company
brand) , Sensei, Coca-Cola/Sprite, 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.
Retina
The vertebrate retina is a light-sensitive tissue lining the inner surface of the eye. The optics of the eye create an image of the visual world on the retina, which serves much the same function as the film in a camera. Light striking the retina initiates a cascade of chemical and electrical...
specialist, primarily in the San Francisco area, he turned his photography hobby into a successful second career. 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.
Schatz completed his medical degree at The University of Illinois College of Medicine, followed by a internship at Cook County Hospital in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, ophthalmology residency
Residency (medicine)
Residency is a stage of graduate medical training. A resident physician or resident is a person who has received a medical degree , Podiatric degree , Dental Degree and who practices...
at The University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
The University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
The University of Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary houses the departments of ophthalmology and otolaryngology of the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Located in the heart of the Illinois Medical District, the Infirmary is a leading center for research and treatment of disorders of the...
, and fellowship
Fellowship (medicine)
A fellowship is the period of medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program . During this time , the physician is known as a fellow...
in vitreoretinal diseases at Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins Hospital is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland . It was founded using money from a bequest by philanthropist Johns Hopkins...
. Dr Schatz was also a specialist in Medical Retina based in San Francisco, California.
Schatz has had seventeen monographs published of his photographs. H2O, Schatz's most recent book, published in 2007, is the third in his series of explorations of imagery made on, over and underwater. Schatz first established a following for this uniquely expressionistic underwater imagery in the 1990s with two collections of underwater photography, Water Dance and Pool Light.
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 underwater images for such advertising clients as Brizo (a Delta Faucet Company
Delta Faucet Company
Delta Faucet Company is an American manufacturer of faucets. It is a subsidiary of Masco Corporation. It manufactures and markets faucets under the Delta, Brizo and Peerless brand names.- History :...
brand) , Sensei, Coca-Cola/Sprite, Ralph Lauren RLX, Escada, Sergio Tacchini, Nike, Reebok, Wolford, Etienne Aigner
Etienne Aigner
Etienne Aigner AG is a high fashion house based in Munich, Germany, that specializes in luxury goods such as handbags, luggage, belts, wallets, leather accessories and so on...
, 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.
Publications
- Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein: "Gifted Woman" (1992)
- Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein: "Seeing Red: The Rapture of Redheads" (1993)
- Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein: "Homeless: Portraits of Americans in Hard Times" (1994)
- Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein: "Newborn" (1995)
- Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein: "WaterDance" (1995
- Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein: "The Princess of the Spring and the Queen of the Sea" (1996)
- Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein: "BodyType" (1996)
- Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein: "Passion & Line" (1997)
- Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein: Pool Light (1998)
- Howard Schatz: "Virtuoso" by Ken Carbone with Photographs by Howard Schatz (1996)
- Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein: Bodyknots (2000)
- Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein: NudeBodyNude (2000)
- Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein: "Rare Creatures" (2002)
- Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein: Athlete (2002)
- Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein: Botanica (2005)
- Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein: In Character: Actors Acting (2006)
- Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein: H2O (2007)