The photographs of Howard Schatz are exhibited in museums and photography galleries internationally and are included in innumerable private collections. He has received international acclaim for his work which has been published in eighteen monographs.

May 2015 marks the publication of a monumental 2-volume 25-year retrospective of the work of Howard Schatz: Schatz Images: 25 Years.

Schatz’s 20th book, “Caught in the Act: Actors Acting” was published in October, 2013. In it he gives us a unique window into the world of stage and screen as he explores the magical transformation that happens when an actor takes hold of words on a page and becomes another person. Schatz directed and photographed 85 actors to explore an enormous range of scenarios in one-on-one improvisation, capturing the dynamic energy of the actors in full creative flight. The book includes powerful and compelling portraits of each actor along with an extensive interview, focusing on the creative process.

In 2012, his 19th book, “At the Fight: Inside the World of Professional Boxing” was published. Born out of a six-year study and exploration,it is a magnificent collection of fantastic and award-winning photographs and revealing interviews of boxing’s current champions and key movers and shakers including promoters, managers, announcers, referees, judges and trainers. At The Fights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing is published by Sports Illustrated Books is Schatz’s nineteenth book.

Published in 2011, “With Child”, is the result of a 20-year long exploration of the landscape of the human body in the last two weeks of pregnancy. It is his eighteenth book.

In 2007, Bulfinch Press published the third in Schatz’s series of explorations of imagery made on, over and underwater. It is a breathtaking feat of underwater photography and a visionary celebration of movement and form. Working with uncommonly graceful and aquatically gifted dancers, models, and performers, photographer Howard Schatz has found joyous inspiration underwater. The images in H2O take advantage of water’s unique properties- light, clarity, buoyancy, and reflectivity-to create a delightfully serene and otherworldly aesthetic. At once uncanny, lithe, athletic, and mysterious, the figures in Schatz’s photographs transform the pool into studio and stage. Howard Schatz first established a following in the 1990s with two collections of underwater photography, Water Dance and Pool Light. With H2O, Schatz takes the magic of weightlessness and the beauty of dance to new heights. Whether in single portraits or as part of a larger, spectacular ballet, his dancers are as utterly elegant as they are phantasmagorical. They appear before the camera as though borrowed from a dream.

In Character: Actors Acting Schatz’s sixteenth book of photographs, was published in April 2006 by Bulfinch Press. Schatz photographed 100 actors of stage, screen and television, directing them in one-on-one improvisation. Botanica (Bulfinch 2005) and Athlete, (HarperCollins, 2002) were Schatz’s two other most recently published books of photographs. Schatz’s books are known worldwide; other titles include: Nude Body Nude; Body Knots, Passion & Line, and Pool Light. Schatz’s editorial work has been published in magazines around the world, including Time, Sports Illustrated, Vogue, Vogue Italia, GQ Italia, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Stern, Life, Black/White, American Photo, Photo France, and Photo Italia. His work has been featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America, NPR, Fox Sports Network, the Discovery Channel and widely in Europe.

He has made extraordinary images for such advertising clients as Ralph Lauren RLX, Escada, Sergio Tacchini, Nike, Reebok, Wolford, Etienne Aigner, Sony, Adidas, Finlandia Vodka, MGM Grand Hotel, Virgin Records, and Mercedes-Benz.

Howard Schatz’s fine art work is represented in New York by the Staley-Wise Gallery, in Denver, by Gallery M, and in Los Angeles by the David Gallery. A full listing of other galleries in the United States and abroad can be found in the Galleries section of the website.

Howard Schatz Photographic Bibliography

2015 Schatz Images: 25 Years, Glitterati Inc.

2013 Caught in the Act: Actors Acting, Glitterati Inc.

2012 At the Fights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing, Sports Illustrated Books

2011 With Child, Glitterati Inc.

2011 New York Shots, Allemandi

2007 H2O, Bulfinch Press

2006 In Character: Actors Acting, Bulfinch Press

2005 Botanica, Bulfinch Press

2002 Athlete, HarperCollins

2002 Rare Creature, Wonderland Press

2001 Nude Body Nude, HarperCollins

2000 Body Knots, Rizzoli

1999 The Virtuoso, Stewart, Tabori & Chang

1998 Pool Light, Graphis Press

1997 Passion & Line, Graphis Press

1997 The Princess of the Spring and the Queen of the Sea, Pacific Photographic Press

1996 Body Type: An Intimate Alphabet, Stewart, Tabori & Chang

1996 Newborn, Chronicle Books

1995 WaterDance, Graphis Press

1993 Homeless: Portraits of Americans in Hard Times, Chronicle Books

1993 Seeing Red: The Rapture of Redheads, Pomegranate Press

1992 Gifted Woman, Pacific Photographic Press

Exhibitions

2016 Schatz Images: The Art of Motion, Brooklyn Museum of Art (group show)

2016 Schatz Images: 25 Years Museum, of Contemporary Art, Rome

2015 Howard Schatz: The Olympic Body, Richmond Olympic Oval, Vancouver, Canada

2015 Howard Schatz: Body Power, Triennale di Milano

2015 Howard Schatz: 25 Years, Paul Paletti Gallery

2015 Howard Schatz: 25 Years, Fairfield Museum, Fairfield, CT

2014 Underwater, Staley-Wise Gallery, New York

2012 WITH child, Paul Paletti Gallery, Louisville, KY

2011 Athletes Standing Mural, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea

2011 The Beauty of Howard Schatz, Brucie Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine

2011 The Alphabet: Group Show, MEWO Kunsthalle Memmingen, Germany

2011 Group Show Aimee Mullins, The Moving Body: Le Refectoire des Cordeliers, at Saint Germain des Prés

2011 Group Show: Human+ Aimee Mullins, Science Gallery at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

2011 On Your Marks: Athletes, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden, Germany

2011 New York Shots by Howard Schatz, MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome

2010 Howard Schatz: The Art of Motion, Discovery Center Continium, Netherlands

2010 Athletes “Standing”, Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland

2009 Any Moment Now: Images of Pregnancy, Galerie Breuer, Munich, Germany

2009 H2O, Brucie Collection, Kiev Ukraine

2009 Motion Studies & Athlete, “Motion Science”, Heinz-Nixdorf Museum, Germany

2008 “Flexibility - Design in a Fast-Changing Society”, Torino World Design Capital 2008, Aimee Mullins from Athlete

2008 H2O, Tanzsommer Innsbruck, Austria

2008 H2O, Paul Paletti Gallery, Louisville, KY

2008 H2O, Gallery Gora, Montreal, Canada

2007 H2O, Lumas Gallery, New York

2007 H2O, Gallery M (Denver, CO)

2007 H2O, Halekulani Parc, Honolulu, HI

2007 H2O - Corps de Ballet, The Center for Fine Art Photography, 2007 International Exhibition (Group Show)

2007 Beauty, What For?, Buenas Aires, Argentina(Group Show)

2007 In Character: Actors Acting California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA

2007 Pilobolus Comes Home, Three Decades of Dance Photographs,Hood Museum, Dartmouth College

2007 Sport Makes You Sexy, Sports & Olympic Museum, Cologne, German

2006 Pool Light, H2O, Halekulani Parc, Honolulu, HI

2006 In Character: Actors Acting, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

2006 In Character: Actors Acting, San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum

2006 Pool Light, WaterDance, H2O, Athlete, Passion & Line, Performance: Group Show, Edinburgh International Festival

2006 In Character: Actors Acting, Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI

2006 In Character: Actors Acting, Apex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2006 WaterDance, Pool Light, Nude Body Nude, Gallery Gora, Montreal, Canada

2006 Folds (Group Show), Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA

2006 What is a Body? (Group Show), Musee du Quai de Branly

2006 Galerie 12, Innsbruck, Tanzsommer 2006

2005 Folds Series, Center for Fine Art Photography, The Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, International Fine Art Photography Exhibition

2005 Athlete, Gallerie Bozar, Brussels, Belgium

2004 Botanica, Gallery M, Denver, CO

2004 Athlete, Creative Space InArt: Tokyo, Japan

2004 Games for the Gods: Athlete, Boston Museum of Fine Art

2003 Athlete, Armani Arte, New York, NY

2003 Athlete, Armani Arte, Chicago, IL

2003 Athlete, Armani Arte, Los Angeles, CA

2003 Athlete, Armani Arte, Stockholm, Sweden

2003 Athlete, Armani Arte, Paris, France

2003 Athlete, Armani Arte, Florence, Italy

2003 Athlete, Armani Arte, Cannes, France

2003 Athlete, Armani Arte, Antwerp, Belgium

2003 Athlete, Armani Arte, Rimini, Italy

2003 NudeBodyNude, Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA,

2003 Athlete, Candace Perich Gallery, Katonah, NY

2003 Athlete, Armani Arte, Milan, Italy

2002 Howard Schatz: 10 Years, Apex Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA

2002 Howard Schatz: 10 Years, Galleria Neri, Milan, Italy

2002 Howard Schatz: 10 Years, SoHo Triad Fine Arts, New York, NY

2001 NudeBodyNude, Gallery M, Denver, CO

2001 NudeBodyNude, JJ Brookings Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2001 Pool Light (group show), Radiant Light Gallery, Portland, ME

2001 Passion & Line, Verein Tanzsommer Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

2001 WaterDance, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA

2001 NudeBodyNude, Apex Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA

2001 NudeBodyNude, Sephora, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY

2001 Pool Light, Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA

2000 NudeBodyNude, SoHo Triad Fine Arts, New York, NY

2000 Body Knots, Sephora, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY

2000 Body Knots, SoHo Triad Fine Arts, New York, NY

2000 Passion & Line, Elysee Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland, (The Century of the Body: group show)

1999 Virtuoso, American Craft Museum, New York

1999 Passion & Line and Pool Light, Euro Galleries, Minneapolis, MN

1999 Passion & Line, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal (The Century of the Body: group show)

1999 Passion & Line, Gallery Mistral, Montreal, Canada

1999 Passion & Line, Gallery M, Denver, CO

1999 Passion & Line and Pool Light, G. Ray Hawkins, Los Angeles, CA

1999 Pool Light, SoHo Triad Fine Arts, New York, NY

1998 Water Dance, Kim Taylor Reece Gallery, Kona, HI

1998 Passion & Line, PhotoClassics Gallery, Munich, Germany

1998 WaterDance, Kahaki’i Gallery, Honolulu, HI

1998 WaterDance Kim Taylor Reece Gallery, Honolulu, HI

1998 Fashion At The Beach, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (group show)

1998 Passion & Line, World Press Photo Exhibition, World Financial Center, NY (group show)

1998 Passion & Line, World Press Photo Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA (group show)

1998 Newborn, Pregnancy, PhotoKina, Cologne, Germany

1998 (R)Evolution, Contemporary Art Gallery Biana Pilat, Milan, Italy (group show)

1998 (R)Evolution, National Museum of Science and Technology, Milan, Italy (group show)

1998 Passion & Line, World Press Photo Exhibition, Louvre, Paris, France (group show)

1998 Passion & Line and WaterDance, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR

1998 Newborn/Pregnancy, Hasselblad Exhibition Center, Stockholm, Sweden

1998 Fashion At The Beach, Contemporary Arts Center, Virginia Beach, VA (group show)

1998 Passion & Line, World Press Photo Exhibition, Amsterdam (group show)

1998 Newborn and Pregnancy, PhotoGallerie, Kiel, Germany

1998 Homeless, Foto Galerie Objektief, Ge Enschede, The Netherlands

1998 Fashion At The Beach, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL (group show)

1997 Passion & Line, SoHo Triad Fine Arts, New York, NY

1997 Newborn and Pregnancy, MayLight, Bologna, Italy

1997 Homeless, Findlay Area Arts Council, Findlay, OH

1997 Newborn and Pregnancy, PhotoClassics Gallery, Munich, Germany

1997 WaterDance, Acquario Civico, Milan, Italy

1997 Homeless, Elysee Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland

1996 Homeless, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, IL

1996 WaterDance, L’Espace, Marseilles, France

1996 WaterDance, G. Ray Hawkins, Los Angeles, CA

1996 Homeless, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN

1996 Homeless, Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

1996 Homeless, Arthur Griffin Center for Photographic Art, Winchester, MA

1996 Homeless, University Gallery, Univ. of Delaware, DE

1995 WaterDance, Julia Weinstein Gallery, Lexington, KY

1995 Homeless, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA

1995 WaterDance, Vision Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1995 Homeless, Duke University Art Gallery, Durham, NC

1994 Homeless, International Center of Photography/Continental Center, NY

1994 Homeless, University Gallery, Gainesville, FL

1994 Homeless, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

1994 Homeless, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA

1993 Homeless, International Center of Photography, New York, (Forty-two pieces purchased for ICP Permanent Collection)

1993 Homeless, Vision Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1993 Homeless, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA

1993 Gifted Woman, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA (Entire Gifted Woman series purchased for Oakland Museum Permanent Collection)

1992 Seeing Red: The Rapture of Redheads, Vision Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1991 Seeing Red: The Rapture of Redheads, Kaiser Center, Oakland, CA

1991 Gifted Woman, Vision Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1990 Seeing Red: The Rapture of Redheads, Pan-Med Gallery, San Francisco, CA