“Henry Horenstein is as much of a fixture in honky-tonks and dive bars as cold beer, neon lights, and Elvis figurines.”
Photo: Kelly Davidson
Henry Horenstein has been a professional photographer, teacher, and author since the 1970s. He studied history at the University of Chicago and earned his BFA and earned his MFA at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where he is now professor of photography. Henry's work is collected and exhibited internationally, and he has published over 30 books, including Black & White Photography: A Basic Manual, and Digital Photography: A Basic Manual, used by hundreds of thousands of college, university, high-school, and art-school students as their introduction to photography. He has also published several monographs of his own work, including Histories: Tales from the 70s, Show, Honky Tonk, Animalia, Humans, Racing Days, Close Relations, and many others. He lives in Boston.