Justice Howard

Howard is credited as the last photographer to capture living photographs of country musician Waylon Jennings before his death in 2002. The photoshoot was arranged by ex-Hells Angels President Sonny Barger, a mutual friend of both Howard and Jennings, and took place just before a performance by the singer at the New Orleans casino in Las Vegas about four months prior to his death. Howard has also shot many other musicians including Dave Navarro, Marilyn Manson, Billy Idol, Willie Nelson, Steve Jones, Estelle Asmodelle and Dick Dale, as well as pin-up icon and cult classic actress Mamie Van Doren, then in her 70s. The Lord Balfour Hotel in Miami, Florida, showcases 64 of her images in 30-foot wall murals, and has rugs designed from her photographs. Tattoo Bar in Washington DC, which while not owned by Howard, is filled with her art. She was rated one of the top 10 tattoo photographers in the world by Rank My Tattoos{{cite web|url=http://mag.rankmytattoos.com/top-twenty-tattoo-photographers-shooting-the-sticked-generation.html/|title=Top Twenty Photographers: Rank My Tattoos Magazine|accessdate=August 20, 2011|archive-date=August 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820113710/http://mag.rankmytattoos.com/top-twenty-tattoo-photographers-shooting-the-sticked-generation.html|url-status=dead}} and in 2013 released a Lady Ink calendar, which has been described as the "glamour calendar with a downtown edge".{{cite web|url=http://www.calendars.com/Erotic-Models/Lady-Ink-2012-Wall-Calendar-/prod201200000478/?categoryId=cat220008|title=Lady Ink 2012 Wall Calendar|accessdate=August 20, 2011}} She has had over 25 calendars to her credit.

Her first camera was a Pentax Spotmatic II that was very basic, followed by a Nikon camera that Howard "fell in love with".{{cite web|url=http://www.erotisan.com/Zine_Interview_with_Justice_Howard/ |title=Interview: Q & A with Justice Howard |accessdate=August 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402181021/http://www.erotisan.com/Zine_Interview_with_Justice_Howard/ |archivedate=April 2, 2012 }} She started out as primarily a fetish photographer at a time when fetish photography was not yet well known, before moving on to incorporate other styles into her work.{{cite web|url=http://www.vongutenbergblog.com/fantasy-news/justicehoward/|title=Justice Howard Art the Hard Way: Marquis America Exclusive Interview|accessdate=September 24, 2011|archive-date=September 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906050313/http://www.vongutenbergblog.com/fantasy-news/justicehoward|url-status=dead}} Howard's work has been described as "more modern works of art than mere photographs",{{cite web|url=http://www.boundbyink.com/2011/04/wicked-exposure/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118093018/http://www.boundbyink.com/2011/04/wicked-exposure/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 18, 2013|title=Bound By Ink: Wicked Exposure|accessdate=October 6, 2011}} and is known internationally. Her portfolio includes over two million images, and one of her collector-owned fine art photographs was appraised at $40,000.

Howard cites Helmut Newton as a major influence of her work, a statement she has made in multiple interviews; she has also been called the "female Helmut Newton".{{cite web|url=http://www.lovechess.nl/artoflove/archives/art_howard/|title=The Progressive Erotic Art of Justice Howard|accessdate=August 22, 2011|archive-date=November 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117135746/http://www.lovechess.nl/artoflove/archives/art_howard/|url-status=dead}} Additionally, she is influenced by the work of Robert Mapplethorpe and Mark Seliger.

In 1995 Howard had her first one-woman gallery show in Los Angeles, "Black & White & Brutal", which presented her "fetish and kink-oriented imagery" to a receptive audience. Since then she has had over 60 art gallery exhibitions, including a downtown LA show titled "Sharp Edges" with crime writer John Gilmore, in which all the art was stuck to the walls with custom knives. An exhibition of her work titled 'Alice in Thunderland' opened in early 2011 at the World Erotic Art Museum in Florida marking a graduation of Howard's work from art galleries to museums.{{cite web|url=http://www.sunpostweekly.com/2011/05/05/alice-in-thunderland/|title=Alice in Thunderland: Photographer Justice Howard Wows it at WEAM|accessdate=August 16, 2011}} Her work is also featured on the walls of the Lord Balfour Hotel in South Beach, Florida. Sixty-four of its rooms house Howard art, and the rooms have been decorated to match the colors in her photographs. 30-foot murals grace the rooms and some rooms showcase easel-based art within the master suites.

• HARDCOVER BOOKS

Howard's Photography has been published in:

(2023) Sinister Party (A Horror Compendium) published by Asylum Publications ((ISBN 979-8-9878152-0-5)) https://www.asylumpublications.com/store/sinister-party-by-justice-howard {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518025855/https://www.asylumpublications.com/store/sinister-party-by-justice-howard |date=May 18, 2023 }} (2023) Diary of a Hitman...available in hardcover on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Diary-Hitman-around-darkness-Justice-ebook/dp/B08K3SF7H4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1KX8AKX3V1BJJ&keywords=diary+of+a+hitman+justice&qid=1684378421&sprefix=diary+of+a+hitman+justice%2Caps%2C774&sr=8-1 (2018) Voodoo – Conjure & Sacrifice – hardcover by Schiffer Publishing {{ISBN|9780764355189}} https://www.amazon.com/Justice-Howards-Voodoo-Conjure-Sacrifice/dp/076435518X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=YY3MZ0FK223I&keywords=voodoo+justice+howard&qid=1684378590&sprefix=voodoo+justice+howard%2Caps%2C208&sr=8-1

• (2017) Renegades – The Photography of Justice Howard – SOLD OUT - hardcover {{ISBN|978-0-7643-5224-9}}
• (2017) Sonny: 60 Years Hells Angels- Sonny Barger Retrospective – Serious Publishing, France
• (2015) Revelations – The Photography of Justice Howard – hardcover by Schiffer Publishing {{ISBN|9780764347986}}
• (2016) TERRIBLE THINGS - My story of serial killer GJ Schaefer hardcover on Amazon
• (2013) Tattoo Art' – Flametree Press {{ISBN|978-0-85-775603-9}}
• (2010) Star Guitars – Voyageur Press. {{ISBN|0-7603-3821-3}}
• (2006) Van Gogh's Ear: The Celebrity Edition – Gazelle Distribution Trade. {{ISBN|978-2-914853-07-1}}
• (2002) Sex: Take a Walk on the Wild Side: Masterpieces of Erotic Fantasy Photography – Thunder's Mouth Press. {{ISBN|978-1-56025-363-1}}
• (2002) Blonde: Masterpieces of Photography – Thunder's Mouth Press. {{ISBN|978-1-56025-417-1}}
• (2001) Hell's Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club – Harper Paperbacks. {{ISBN|978-0-06-093754-6}}
• (2001) Julie Strain's Greatest Hits – Heavy Metal Magazine. {{ISBN|978-1-882931-71-2}}
• (2000) Fetish Photo Anthology Volume 3 – Glitter. {{ASIN|B003VKRMQQ}}
• (2000) Extreme: Photo Anthology of Extreme Lifestyles – Glitter. {{ASIN|B00106XH44}}
• (1997) Fetish Photo Anthology Volume 2 – Secret magazine. {{ASIN|B001DJ84KU}}

Howard once choreographed a show in Las Vegas that was awarded Best Number in Show after opening night review. She is a supporter of the charity organization Children of the Night and provides her time teaching the children photography as well as raising money through charity shows featuring her work. She works for eight fashion and lifestyle magazines both in U.S. and Europe, and she also works out of her studio in Hollywood.'{{cite web|url=http://thosedamnedhauntedinterviews.blogspot.com/2011/10/since-1996-photographer-justice-howard.html|title=Those Damn Haunted Interviews...Justice Howard|accessdate=October 6, 2011}}

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