Ethan_James_Green

Ethan James Green

Ethan James Green

American photographer and gallerist

Ethan James Green is an American photographer, filmmaker, director, and gallerist.

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Early life

Green grew up in Caledonia, Michigan, where, at the age of 14, he began photographing his friends. In 2007, at age 17, he signed with Ford Models,[2] and he moved to New York City the following year.[3]

As a model, he appeared in a prominent campaign for Calvin Klein,[4] and was photographed by David Armstrong, appearing in Armstrong's 2011 book 615 Jefferson Ave.[5] He began working at Armstrong's assistant,[6] and Armstrong became his mentor.[1][7]

Work

Photography

In New York, Green continued his earlier practice of photographing his friends. He met potential subjects at clubs[8] and on Instagram,[2] including actress and model Hari Nef, stylist and Interview's fashion director Dara, models Marcs Goldberg and Stevie Triano, writer Devan Diaz, and artist and poet Ser Serpas.[7]

In 2014,[9] Green began taking portraits of his queer, transgender, and nonbinary friends, usually in the Lower East Side's Corlears Hook Park. Green is openly gay and captured friends and figures within carious queer ecosystems in New York.[10] The portraits, some of which appeared on Tumblr, garnered attention, and drew comparisons to Diane Arbus.[1][2] In 2019, Aperture Foundation published the portraits as the monograph Young New York.

As a commercial photographer, Green has shot covers and editorials for Arena Homme +, Dazed, i-D, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Vogue Italia, Vogue Paris, and W; campaigns for Alexander McQueen, Fendi, Helmut Lang, Miu Miu, Prada, and Versace; and has photographed fashion, pop culture, and queer celebrities such as Naomi Campbell, Bella Hadid, Kate Moss, Rihanna, RuPaul, and John Waters.[11]

In the face of professional adversity in 2022, Green recalibrated his career trajectory, transforming his Chinatown-based studio into the New York Life Gallery. Initially starting as a hobby, this space—dedicated to experimental art exhibitions and the promotion of emerging and overlooked artists—rapidly integrated into his professional persona. The gallery has hosted noteworthy exhibitions, such as a live show by painter and illustrator Drake Carr and the archival showcase of the late Steven Cuffie.[12][13]

Exhibitions

Publications

  • Maheshwar. New York, NY: Dashwood Books. 2019. (zine)
  • Young New York. New York, NY: Aperture. 2019. ISBN 9781597114547.
  • Bombshell. New York, NY: Dashwood Books. 2021. (zine)
  • Bombshell. London, UK: Baron Books. 2022.

References

  1. [1]
    Schulman, Michael (March 12, 2019). "A Counterculture Portraitist's Chronicle of New York's Youth". The New Yorker.
  2. [2]
    Shulman, Michael (2017). "Ethan James Green". Aperture. No. 229. pp. 130–137.
  3. [3]
    Allen, Eric (April 9, 2019). "Ethan James Green Photographs 'Young New York'". The Last Magazine.
  4. [4]
    "Kevin Carrigan, Ethan James Green & Reid Rohling". Out. Vol. 24, no. 5. December 1, 2015. p. 104.
  5. [5]
    Exkart, Stephanie (March 21, 2017). "Get to Know Ethan James Green, the Photographer Proving 'Diversity' Isn't Just a Buzzword". W.
  6. [6]
    Clipson, Ellen. "Ethan James Green's 'Young New York' Captures Stories of Non-Conformists Breaking Stereotypes". EyeEm.
  7. [7]
    Strecker, Alexander. "Young New Yorkers". LensCulture.
  8. [8]
    Hawgood, Alex (February 2, 2017). "Ex-Model Turns His Lens on Society's Fringe". The New York Times. p. D6.
  9. [9]
    Morosi, Sara (March 29, 2019). "Ethan James Green on Capturing the Faces of NYC's Queer Youth". The Wall Street Journal.
  10. [10]
    Borrelli-Persson, Laird (November 17, 2020). ""We're at the Beginning of Something Really Great"—Ethan James Green on the Future of Fashion Photography". Vogue.
  11. [11]
    Rodgers, Daniel (July 21, 2021). "The morning after the night before: New York bursts back to life". Dazed.
  12. [12]
    "Ethan James Green's New Gallery Space Celebrates Baltimore Photographer Steven Cuffie". Vogue. October 27, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  13. [13]
    "How Photographer Ethan James Green Turned His Studio Into a Bustling Art Gallery". Cultured. June 21, 2023.
  14. [14]
    "Taylor Wessing photographic Portrait Prize 2019 - in Focus".
  15. [15]
    "Ethan James Green - "Made to Last" - Exhibition at Fotografiska New York".
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