Christopher Makos

Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Makos grew up in California before moving to Paris to study architecture and later, to work as an apprentice with Man Ray. Since the early ‘70’s he has worked at developing a style of boldly graphic photojournalism. His photographs have been the subject of numerous exhibitions both in galleries and museums throughout the United States, Europe and Japan and have appeared in countless magazines and newspapers world-wide. He has been a seminal figure in the contemporary art scene in New York. He is responsible for introducing the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring to Andy Warhol.

It was Warhol who called Makos “The most modern photographer in America.” Makos’ photographs have been published in Interview, Rolling Stone, House and Garden, Connoisseur, New York Magazine, Esquire, Genre and People, among others. His portrait of Warhol wrapped in a flag was featured on the front cover of the Spring 1990 issue of the Smithsonian Studies, the academic journal of the Smithsonian Institute. His photographs of Warhol, Keith Haring, Tennessee Williams and others have been auctioned regularly atSotheby’s.
Makos’ Icons portfolio is a collection of silkscreen portraits of Andy Warhol, Elizabeth Taylor, Salvador Dali, John Lennon and Mick Jagger.

Paul Solberg

Solberg spent two years studying photography and anthropology in Cape Town, South Africa. After completing his studies in anthropology, he returned to Southern Africa to work on a land conservation project in Bophuthatswana.

Paul also worked in the independent film industry, co-writing and co-producing the award winning independent film, Double Parked, in year 2000.

BLOOM, Paul’s first published book, explores a new idea on a familiar subject: flowers. With Christopher Makos as editor, BLOOM is published by Glitterati and distributed by Powerhouse Books. October 15, 2005 release.

Paul is also enjoying the adventures of The Hilton Brothers, a response to contemporary culture, and the exploration of the third idea in a visual medium.

“I am always looking for breakthrough and talented photographers – someone who has something ‘new’ to say. Could Paul Solberg have come up with a new slant on this overexposed topic? The answer is, yes.”

Ralph Pucci from the preface of BLOOM.