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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Henry Hargreaves (born 1979 is a Brooklyn-based artist and food photographer.[1][2]

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

  • In 2012, Hargreaves worked on two Type Directors Club-winning projects.[31] Projects Hargreaves worked on won the award for advertising campaign and for poster.[31]
  • Hargreaves won the grand prize for the Budweiser Made in America R/W/B competition, curated by rapper Jay-Z's Life+Times website in 2012.[32][33][34]
  • In 2012, Henry Hargreaves' Food of the Rainbow was ranked number six in the Top Ten Most Viral Web Content on Trendland.[35]
  • 2023, Burger Power Rankings condiment art for the LA Times won Silver at the 44th Annual Society for News Design Awards [36]LA Times

See also

References

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