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John
Healy
Originally
from Ireland, John Healy now makes New York City his home and stage for
artistic creativity. He thrives on the dynamics of that city, especially
its racial diversity. As he relates, "I like New York because of the
ethnic mix. If I still lived in Ireland it’d be all redheads and
freckles.” This blends into one of his current themes of trying to
represent the beauty that he finds in black people and other minority
groups that are so prevalent in America but so rare in his homeland. Like
the German photographer and filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, whom he considers
an inspiration and who herself lived among African tribesmen in the
sixties, he is attracted to the strong and beautiful features of Africa's
people.
Most of the above work is from Johns exciting new book, entitled BLACK.
Click here for the Press Release in PDF format. It is a beautiful exposé
of the nude black male and features 120 photographs. John is also an
accomplished artist of the female form and is considered a rising star in
New York's world of fine art photography. He shoots with a Hasselblad
medium format camera and works out of his studio in Manhattan's Chelsea
Arts District.
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