Mr. Ryszard Horowitz, Professional Photographer Visit This Photographer's Web Site: http://www.ryszard-horowitz.com Ryszard Horowitz was born in Krakow, Poland on May 5th, 1939. Four months later the Nazis had invaded his homeland and his entire family ended up being sent to a series of concentration camps. They miraculously survived and at the war’s end were amongst the few Jewish families who were able to re-establish their life in Krakow. Ryszard is one of the youngest known survivors of Auschwitz.
Ryszard studied art at the High School of Fine Arts and then went on to major in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts at his home city. In 1956 during a brief political and cultural thaw in Poland the government awarded subsidies to encourage new and original art forms and Krakow suddenly emerged as a center of avant-garde jazz, painting, theater and filmmaking. Ryszard, who was seventeen at the time, took full advantage of being at the heart of the action and consequently became fascinated with American photography.
In 1959, he finally achieved his ambition of emigrating to the United States and enrolled at New York’s famed Pratt Institute. While still a student at Pratt he was given a scholarship to be apprenticed to Alexey Brodovitch, one of the most influential figures in the world of editorial design and photography at the time. After graduating from Pratt in 1963, Ryszard then worked for a number of film and design companies and as an art director for Grey Advertising.
In November 1967, he opened his own photograph studio. Photography would be his lifelong career and passion. In the ensuing four decades his work has been exhibited, published around the globe and Ryszard has been awarded every major accolade that can be bestowed on a photographer.
He is recognized as a pioneer of special effects photography predating digital imaging.
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