Garry Gross
Garry Gross | |
|---|---|
 Portrait photographer Garry Gross | |
| Born | November 6, 1937 Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 30, 2010 (aged 73) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Colorado State University |
| Known for | Photography |
Garry Gross (November 6, 1937 – November 30, 2010)[1] was an American fashion photographer who went on to specialize in dog portraiture.[2][3]
Career
Born in New York, Gross began his career as a commercial photographer, apprenticing with photographers Francesco Scavullo and James Moore and studying with master photographers Lisette Model and Richard Avedon. His fashion and beauty photography has been featured in numerous fashion magazines over the years and his work has appeared on the covers of such magazines as GQ, Cosmopolitan, and New York Magazine.[3] Celebrities Gross has photographed include Brooke Shields, Calvin Klein, Gloria Steinem, Whitney Houston, and Lou Reed. Gross studied with the Animal Behavior Center of New York and became a certified dog trainer in 2002,[4] using that training to begin working with dogs and creating Fine Art style portraits.[3] His last project was a series of large scale portraits of senior dogs and he actively supported charities that benefited rescue dogs and senior dogs. His work has received awards from The Art Directors Club and the Advertising Club of New York.
Brooke Shields photograph controversy
Gross has stated that "The photo has been infamous from the day I took it and I intended it to be"[5] and that he was "disappointed but not surprised" by the Tate's decision to remove the photograph.[6][7]
Death
Gross died from cardiac arrest at his home in the New York City's Greenwich Village.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ Hevesi, Dennis (December 7, 2010). "Garry Gross Is Dead at 73; Photographer of Clothes and Their Absence". The New York Times. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ↑ "Garry Gross". Frieze.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2009. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Dog Fashion Photography of New York". Dogphotographyofnewyork.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2009. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
- ↑ "Dog Photography of New York, Manhattan, New York City, NYC". Dogphotographyofnewyork.com. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedautogenerated1 - ↑ Higgins, Charlotte; Dodd, Vikram (September 30, 2009). "Tate Modern removes naked Brooke Shields picture after police visit". The Guardian. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
- ↑ "Shields's photo at centre of porn probe". CBC News. October 1, 2009. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
- ↑ "NY photographer of young, nude Brooke Shields dies" Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Bay Ledger, December 8, 2010