Henry Hargreaves (photographer)

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Henry Hargreaves
Born1979 (age 44–45)
New Zealand
Education Canterbury University
Occupation(s)Photographer, artist
Website Henry Hargreaves

Henry Hargreaves (born 1979 is a Brooklyn-based artist and food photographer. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

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

Career

Restaurants

Hargreaves honed his bartending skills at the original Lone Star branch on Manchester Street in Christchurch, known for its giant portions, and was then a bartender at Schiller's on the lower east side of Manhattan for three years after moving to New York. [8] [9] Since then has become a partner in Jack's Wife Freda in Soho, 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 , National Geographic , Boucheron, The New York Times , 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] He also photographed the Jack's Wife Freda cookbook. [13] 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] [14] [15] [16] [17] Other still life photo series include Zen of Yoda, Deep-Fried Gadgets, and Game Over. [16] [18] In 2018 he used as inspiration the cakes familiar to him from his childhood made from the Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book for an exhibition in Wellington. [19]

Hargreaves featured his photography in exhibitions at the MAXXI in Rome [20] [21] The Venice Biennale, [22] [23] Herter Gallery at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, The Lunch Box Gallery in Miami, Florida, and Precinct 35 in New Zealand. [24] [17] [25] [26] Henry Hargreaves also makes short animated videos. [5]

Coffee Cups of the World

Hargreaves also has a large collection of coffee cups [27] and curates the Instagram feed @coffeecupsoftheworld. His collection has been exhibited at EEEEEATSCON in LA with The Infatuation and in New York at ORA Gallery. [28] [29] [30]

Awards and recognition

See also

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