Justice Howard
| Justice Howard | |
|---|---|
| Born | San Francisco |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Photography |
Justice Howard (born in San Francisco, California) is an American photographer best known for her work shooting Erotica, Pin-up and Celebrities. She really is an "artist-without-adjective" whose work has appeared in over 50 hardcover books and in thousands of magazines internationally including French Vogue (magazine), Esquire (magazine), Easyriders, Playboy, Cosmopolitan (magazine), People Magazine, In Touch Weekly, Skin Two, and a 25-page spread in Bound By Ink Magazine, as well as being displayed in over 60 art gallery exhibits and numerous museum shows. She has also been featured in DANKLOOK's 'On Women in Black and White Fine Art Photography' alongside Irving Penn and Helmut Newton and is currently the favorite artist on the site. Her photography features themes of female empowerment, freedom, and inner strength. She was previously a model before ‘graduating to photography’ and training under a master German photographer who had previously photographed Marilyn Monroe. Her work has been compared to Annie Leibovitz and Herb Ritts.
Howard is credited as the last photographer to capture living photographs of country musician Waylon Jennings before his death in 2002. 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 passing. Howard has also shot many other notable musicians including Dave Navarro, Marilyn Manson, Billy Idol, Willie Nelson, Steve Jones (musician) and Dick Dale as well as pin up icon and cult classic actress Mamie Van Doren then in her 70’s. The Lord Balfour Hotel in Miami, Florida showcases 64 of her images in 30 foot wall murals gracing the walls of their rooms, as well the rugs were designed from her photographs. ‘Tattoo Bar’ in Washington DC, which while not owned by Howard, is filled with her art, a privilege she claims to share only with the artist Hr geiger. She was rated one of the top 20 Tattoo Photographers in the world by Rank My Tattoo Magazine and in 2011 released a calendar'Lady Ink (2012)' which has been described as the 'glamour calendar with a downtown edge.' She has had over 20 calendars to her credit, but Lady Ink is the first one featuring only tattooed women. Her first camera was a Pentax Spotmatic II that was very basic, followed by a Nikon camera which Howard 'fell in love with'. She originally 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 of photography into her work. Justice Howard's work has been described as 'more modern works of art than mere photographs' by Bound By Ink Magazine, and is known internationally in over 25 countries Her portfolio includes over one million images and one of her collector owned fine art photographs was appraised for insurance purposes at $40,000.
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