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Tony Ward
Tony Ward’s photographic imagery unites his primal love, erotic art with his perennial passions for fashion, art and current events. Ward began his professional career as a corporate photographer for pharmaceutical giant Smithkline Corporation. In 1980, Ward opened the Tony Ward Studio that services a variety of Fortune 500 companies. He achieved global notoriety for his first published book on erotic photography, the controversial and highly praised OBSESSIONS in 1998. The monograph was followed by four more challenging, innovative and critically acclaimed volumes on eroticism and photography at the turn of the century. Critical thinkers on the history of photography and aesthetics such as A.D. Coleman, Rick Wester and Reinhold Misselbeck have written illuminating essays that accompany Mr. Ward’s published works.
Ward’s fine art prints are widely collected, exhibited and syndicated around the world. His search for new subjects for this daily blog necessitates worldwide travel. He makes his home and studio in the historic heart of Philadelphia, but his unending quest for inspiring subjects and newsworthy posts compels him to divide his time between diverse cosmopolitan centers from Los Angeles, Miami, New York, London and Paris with extensive layovers in Hamburg and his beloved Amsterdam. He will turning his attention to academia in the fall of 2010, where he will be teaching Photo 1 at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ward’s graphic meditations on his favorite themes; Erotica and Sex compelled him to start a blog in August of 2009 with publishing partner Dan Brouse.
Editorials about Tony Ward and his work have been published in numerous international popular culture magazines, books and television such as STERN, MAX, PLAYBOY TV, PENTHOUSE, RTL TV GERMANY, TVA TELEVISION AMSTERDAM, GQ, PARK AVENUE, LOADED, VIBE, MEN’S HEALTH, STYLE MONTE CARLO, as well as avant-garde Dutch magazines BLEND, BLVD and LINK.
The Tony Ward Studio daily blog welcomes your suggestions and comments. Drawing of Tony Ward by Hungarian artist Krysta, Copyright 2009
Self Portrait 2009
