Posts on Lenscratch may not be reproduced without the permission of the Lenscratch staff and the photographer. With only 4 days to go, here’s to sharing in Henry Horenstein’s successes, and a preview for what I know will be a fantastic new edition to his impressive catalogue. To fully realize this project, Henry has been pursuing a Kickstarter campaign in order to secure the necessary funds for publishing. He says, “I hope that this will serve as a chronicle of the past – a snapshot of the time and people who were not famous or rich but were a fundamental part of the culture of the 70s.” Horenstein’s newest venture “ HISTORIES: Tales from the 70’s” aim to chronicle the people and events of the decade. However, Henry is not done, and his new tome inspires to show the common thread that runs through such an expansive career and eye in photography. His monographs include Racing Days, Animalia, Humans, Show, Close Relations, and his most recent updated edition of Honky Tonk: Portraits of Country Music. For those that know him beyond his photographs and Basic Manual, you know that he also has a flair for presenting his work within the book format. Horenstein has been a tireless photographer and educator, always on the move with subjects ranging from horse racing to burlesque to country music. His role model then was street photographer Weegee, but lessons about composition and tone he learned from RISD teachers, including Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan, became implicit in his work, too.If you remember your first photo class, your reading list may have included the book Black and White Photography: A Basic Manual, one of over 30 publications by Henry Horenstein. In 1972, he was in graduate school at Rhode Island School of Design.

Horenstein remembered Thompson saying, “‘It’s going to be a righteous job.’” Henry Horenstein Fine Art Prints and Photography LUMAS Signed Limited Affordable About us Buy art online Art Finder FIND YOUR ARTWORK The latest works discover new art Find art in everything Searching for the perfect piece Check out our curated collections. “He thought we should be studying, recording, and documenting people who were probably going to be overlooked in history.” “He was a leader of what was called ‘the bottom-up school of history,’” said Horenstein. The speedway job grabbed him because of what Thompson taught him. Thompson at England’s University of Warwick. Color Photography - Henry Horenstein 1995 An illustrated guide to color photography explores, step by step, the whole process of producing color photographs, from 'seeing' in color and shooting to developing and printing Photographers Guide to the Sony DSC-RX100 - Alexander S. He also has authored popular technical manuals about photography, and a memoir, “Shoot What You Love.”īefore he turned to photography, Horenstein studied history at the University of Chicago, and with labor historian E.P. He has published books such as “Honky Tonk: Portraits of Country Music,” and “Show,” about the burlesque scene in New York.

Horenstein, now 74, carries his camera everywhere in search of characters and communities.

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