Justice Howard

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Justice Howard
Born
San Francisco
NationalityAmerican
Known forPhotography

Justice Howard (born in San Francisco, California) is an American photographer whose work includes shooting erotica, pin-up and celebrities. [1] Her work has appeared in over 50 hardcover books and in thousands of magazines including Vogue Paris , Esquire , Easyriders , Playboy , Cosmopolitan , People , In Touch Weekly , Skin Two , and a 25-page spread in Bound by Ink, as well as being displayed in over 60 art gallery exhibits and numerous museum shows. [2] [3] She has also been featured in DankLook's "On Women in Black and White Fine Art Photography." [4] Her photography features themes of female empowerment, freedom, and inner strength. [2] She was previously a model before "graduating to photography" [5] and training under a master German photographer. [2] Her work has been compared to that of Annie Leibovitz and Herb Ritts.

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Photography

Howard is credited as the last photographer to capture living photographs of country musician Waylon Jennings before his death in 2002. [2] The photoshoot was arranged by ex-Hells Angels President Sonny Barger, a mutual friend of both Howard and Jennings, and took place just before a performance by the singer at the New Orleans casino in Las Vegas about four months prior to his death. [2] Howard has also shot many other musicians including Dave Navarro, Marilyn Manson, Billy Idol, Willie Nelson, Steve Jones, Estelle Asmodelle and Dick Dale, as well as pin-up icon and cult classic actress Mamie Van Doren, then in her 70s. [2] The Lord Balfour Hotel in Miami, Florida, showcases 64 of her images in 30-foot wall murals, and has rugs designed from her photographs. Tattoo Bar in Washington DC, which while not owned by Howard, is filled with her art. [3] She was rated one of the top 10 tattoo photographers in the world by Rank My Tattoos [7] and in 2013 released a Lady Ink calendar, which has been described as the "glamour calendar with a downtown edge". [8] She has had over 25 calendars to her credit.

Her first camera was a Pentax Spotmatic II that was very basic, followed by a Nikon camera that Howard "fell in love with". [9] She started out as primarily a fetish photographer at a time when fetish photography was not yet well known, before moving on to incorporate other styles into her work. [10] Howard's work has been described as "more modern works of art than mere photographs", [11] and is known internationally. [6] Her portfolio includes over two million images, and one of her collector-owned fine art photographs was appraised at $40,000. [11]

Influences

Howard cites Helmut Newton as a major influence of her work, a statement she has made in multiple interviews; she has also been called the "female Helmut Newton". [9] [12] Additionally, she is influenced by the work of Robert Mapplethorpe and Mark Seliger.

In 1995 Howard had her first one-woman gallery show in Los Angeles, "Black & White & Brutal", which presented her "fetish and kink-oriented imagery" to a receptive audience. [1] Since then she has had over 60 art gallery exhibitions, including a downtown LA show titled "Sharp Edges" with crime writer John Gilmore, in which all the art was stuck to the walls with custom knives. [3] An exhibition of her work titled 'Alice in Thunderland' opened in early 2011 at the World Erotic Art Museum in Florida marking a graduation of Howard's work from art galleries to museums. [13] Her work is also featured on the walls of the Lord Balfour Hotel in South Beach, Florida. Sixty-four of its rooms house Howard art, and the rooms have been decorated to match the colors in her photographs. 30-foot murals grace the rooms and some rooms showcase easel-based art within the master suites.

HARDCOVER BOOKS

Howard's Photography has been published in:

Personal life

Howard once choreographed a show in Las Vegas that was awarded Best Number in Show after opening night review. [2] She is a supporter of the charity organization Children of the Night and provides her time teaching the children photography as well as raising money through charity shows featuring her work. [3] She works for eight fashion and lifestyle magazines both in U.S. and Europe, and she also works out of her studio in Hollywood. [2] ' [14]

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