Located in Brighton, between the years 1976 and 1983 Henry
initially photographed all types of subjects, including
urban landscapes and rock bands. In 1983 having finished his
education he continued his studies into photography
privately. This resulted in a deepening of his
understanding and appreciation of photography as an art (even
at this time, not a given). A period of experimentaion began;
adapting paint/canvas based techniques in order to playfully
test the boundaries between traditional art and photography.
It was also around this time that he started what was to be
a lifelong interest with classic cinema, classic
Hollywood portraiture and glamour as produced by
photographers such George Hurrell and Clarence Sinclair Bull
amongst others. Attempting to emulate this style in 1988,
with a "willing female friend/victim", he then
started to focus specifically on this type of
portraiture.
In 1998, when he switched to freelance work, more time was
available and Henry started to produce a lot more imagery of
this kind. His style, now heavily
vintage Hollywood glamour with a dash of pin up, led him to
meet and start working with
Dita Von
Teese, both as her webmaster and frequent
photographer.
In 2002 Henry moved to Yorkshire (near to
York).
He intially worked on a commercial basis, predominantly in
fetish and glamour styles of
photography, until 2008 when he made a move back towards
female portraiture and fine art with a glamorous
vintage Hollywood spin to it.
Henry now spends most of his time in his purpose built
studio on the production of photography both for fine art
purposes and on commission.
Henry Jaremko In Print
Henry's work has been in print many times
over the years. Most notably perhaps in Dita Von Teese'
book
"Burlesque and the Art of the Teese" and also in
"Fetish Goddess" - both of which are in print and available
in high street stores. His work has also been published in
many different magazines across the world. In July 2007 his work
(amongst others) of Dita featured at
"Very Lingerie, Very
Dita" - an exhibition of photographs in Japan at Tokyo's
Spiral Gallery.
Silvercanvas Photography
Henry's photographic business is known as
Silvercanvas Photography and has
it's own website
here.
Written Word
As a long time student of classic cinema Henry has written
about vintage British cinema on a number of occasions and
has interviewed some of it's stars... most notably Patricia
Roc, one of the leading ladies of British cinema in the
1940s. His interview with her is available at
www.patriciaroc.com - a site he set up
to commemorate her contributions to the British film industry. His
interest in classic Hollywood and British cinema
continues.
Music
Henry is currently active producing dance music under the name
Mondo Techno.
Other Media
Henry has also worked in various video, music and sound production projects.
For more information please visit
www.silvercanvas.com
