A “photographer, artist, and relentless maker of cool, interesting, and unexpected things”, Henry Hargreaves has undertaken a stylish journey from the high-fashion catwalks of Europe to the leading role of New York-based innovative creative. Living by the mantra to always “do something that brings you joy”, the self-confessed “doer and maker” is at the forefront of compelling and provocative visual storytelling. His striking images often focus on redefining food in a disruptive environment. “I’m pretty good at taking opportunities and seeing the potential for things,” the Condell’s House Old Boy, explains. “The driver is doing something that will entertain me. In the creative field, there is always going to be a place for someone who is excited about what they do.” Henry usually weaves food into storytelling, including his photographic study titled No Seconds , which focuses on the last meals of prisoners on death row in the United States. Mixing the mundane and extraordinary, Henry shares the final food requests in those literally dying moments of life, capturing those meals in stark reality. With Birthdays That Will Never Come , Henry displays images of
cakes – based on The Australian Women’s Weekly recipes – with a twist. All bear children’s names banned in New Zealand. Meanwhile, his Fortunes of a Nation series focuses on the “misguided fortunes of the nation” by featuring quotes by former US President Donald Trump, contained in bright orange fortune cookies. A more recent collaboration with food stylist Charlotte Omnès, titled Candy Goldsworthy , portrays “environmental art reimagined in urban environments” and created from takeaway food and their packaging rubbish. Henry aims to share often complex messages but in a simple way, particularly when it comes to showing the ‘unnatural’ in the natural environment. He is “very waste consciousness”, striving to “put the invisible in the spotlight”, as depicted in his Coffee Cup instagram @coffeecupsoftheworld. Other creations include gingerbread art galleries, maps of countries formed by local food, and rainbow-tinted food, and food endorsed by Queen Elizabeth II. Another series, Ghost Bikes , captures the toll of cyclists dying on New York streets in nostalgic images of the all-white bikes, marking lost lives across the city.
“It turned out school wasn’t about finding a career path but assembling many pieces that would make my foundation to grow from.”
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