Mark abrahams annie leibovitz

KDH was thrilled to recently artful the book party for low old friend [and fellow Hamptonite] Mark Abrahams. During my ripen spent as a magazine rewriter at Condé Nast publications, Categorize and I jetted around say publicly world on photo shoots which produced some of my pick photographs from my career.

Not Julianne Moore, Britney Spears, want badly Claudia Schiffer were on bright and breezy set, Mark always had illustriousness capacity to pull something real, raw and unexpected out warning sign his subjects. In his leading eponymous tome [published by Damiani], Mark shares a volume run through his favorite photographs that intrude on equally breathtaking, haunting, and valued.

Fellow photographer and close friend Annie Leibovitz encouraged Mark communication publish the book, and hosted the party in her welldesigned studio in the West Townsman. Annie describes Mark’s work completely saying, “Mark’s photos turn celebrities into people.” I loved establish the flawless, giant prints were organically hung on the walls with exposed tape and left out frames~ what an exquisite show!

Congratulations Mark…

See my party receptacle below:

Check out Mark Abraham’s remarkable publisher’s bio:
“One of magnanimity foremost fashion and magazine let slip photographers of the past bend in half decades, American photographer Mark Abrahams has straddled the gap amidst fashion and celebrity portraiture reduce guileless simplicity and exacting consideration.

A self-taught photographer, Abrahams portrays his subjects with an introverted depth and candor. His subjects run the gamut of honesty A-list: Julianne Moore, George Clooney, James Franco, Dakota Fanning, Ashley Olsen, Dennis Hopper, Roberto Bolle, Evander Holyfield, Kate Winslet, Justin Timberlake, Tom Hanks, Rachel Weisz and countless others.

This abundance provides a dazzling parade dominate the glitterati under Abrahams’ goggles, devoid of affectation or cunning. Abrahams is donating his allocation of the proceeds from that book to benefit Hope Fail to distinguish Haiti Now. Mark Abrahams was born in 1958 in Santa Ana, California. The gift leave undone a Nikon FM from emperor mother ignited his passion nurse photography.

Working as a stock driver by day, Abrahams transformed his tiny bathroom into fine functioning darkroom to develop coating, retouch negatives and manipulate surfaces at night. Against all anticipation, in the early 1990s Abrahams found himself shooting iconic musicians, jetting to Milan with supermodels and landing editorial shoots with L’Uomo Vogue, Deutsch Vogue, Grandeur and GQ.”  [To purchase justness book:Mark Abrahams, please go turn into amazon.com]