SANTE DORATIO/ Keith RIchards
 
Keith Richards Smoking, Boston, MA 2002
Edition of 25

Born January 23, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York, Sante D’Orazio transformed his Italian- American, Catholic upbringing into a scandalous, trademark style celebrated in the fashion and advertising worlds.

Sante D´Oratio / Axl Rose
Axl Rose with Skull, Malibu, 1993
Edition of 25

… (in various stages of undress), megawatt actresses like Angelina Jolie or Sharon Stone casually lounging on a sofa or by the sea, shirtless rock stars like Axl Rose and hyperbolic bombshells like Pamela Anderson.

 

Sante D´Orazio / Heidi Klum
Heidi Klum, 2003
Edition of 25

… reflecting the values of our idolobsessed times: Eternal Youth. Naked Beauty. Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Sante D´Orazio / Brenda Schad
Brenda Schad, NYC, 2004
Edition of 15

… for some of the world’s greatest publications, beginning with Italian Vogue in 1981 and including Interview, Vanity Fair, French Vogue, Mirabella, Allure, GQ and Vogue.
Sante D´Orazio / Christy Turlington

Christy Turlington, Montauk, NY, 1992
Edition of 10

D’Orazio presented an alluring combination of sex and celebrity: a world populated by beautiful Supermodels…

Sante D´Orazio / Eva Herzigova
Eva Herzigova, Delano Hotel, Miami, 1996
Edition of 10

Through D’Orazio’s lens, modern celebrities became mythological beings,…

Sante D´Orazio / Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore, Hollywood, 1993
Edition of 10

In a career spanning over twenty years, D’Orazio documented The Glamorous Life — always with a wink from behind the camera —

Sante D´Orazio / Mandy and Skull
Mandy and Skull, NYC, 2007
Edition of 10

Sante D’Orazio has exhibited widely in museums and galleries internationally, including the Kunsthaus Munich, Kunsthauswien Vienna, the L.A. County Museum, Stellan Holm Gallery (New York) Cameraworks Gallery (Berlin) and NRW Forum Museum Dusseldorf.

 

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