Dek Unu Magazine - Howard Schatz

December’s issue features award-winning artist-photographer Howard Schatz and images from PAIRS, his 23rd published book of photographs. These studio photographs explore the intentional combination of subjects: the visual, graphic, emotional, social, physical, and even spiritual dynamic resonating and resulting from human relationships. Mother and infant. Opponent athletes. Lovers. Self with self, duplicated by multiple exposures. Often two sides of a diptych are themselves pairs, introducing multiple lines of connection, adding extra richness to the visual and conceptual dialog. Simple or complicated, subtle or obvious, each image is technically perfect, exquisitely composed, colored, and choreographed; but each also brings a surprise, a creative pop, provided by its creator’s unique vision.