George Holz
| George Holz | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 19, 1956 Oak Ridge, Tennessee |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Helmut Newton |
| Alma mater | Art Center College of Design |
| Known for | Photography |
| Style | Black-and-white photography, Celebrity photography |
| Awards | Clio Award, Grammy Award |
| Website | www |
George Holz (born October 19, 1956) is an American photographer known for his fashion and celebrity portraiture. His work has appeared in GQ, InStyle, Vanity Fair, Glamour, and Rolling Stone.
A native of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Holz received his first camera as a gift at age 15, a Minolta SR-T 101. With this camera, he took a photo of country star Lynn Anderson, which was published in People Magazine when Holz was still a teenager. After graduating from high school, Holz traveled to Europe and Israel, practicing travel and documentary photography. Holz was educated at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. While there, he apprenticed with Helmut Newton. Newton encouraged Holz to go to Europe and Holz spent several years at the beginning of his career in Milan, where his fashion editorials appeared in European publications such as Vogue Italia, Madame Figaro, and French Elle. He then returned to Los Angeles and focused on shooting album covers, including Madonna's Borderline.
After his success in Europe, Holz moved to New York in the mid-1980s, where he opened a studio in Greenwich Village. He continued to shoot fashion editorial for Harper's Bazaar, Interview Magazine and the New York Times, and began celebrity portraiture as well, publishing his images in InStyle, People, Glamour, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, GQ, and Vanity Fair. Notably, Holz was one of the first major photographers to shoot Angelina Jolie at the beginning of her career.
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