| David E. T. Howard was described, in
both; “The San Francisco Chronicle,” and New York’s “Village Voice” as
“An Experimental Photographer of Amazing Ability.” David’s work has
been published in more than 24 books and 42 periodicals. His art is in
the collections of “The Metropolitan Museum of Art,” New York, “The
Museum of Modern Art,” New York, (S.C.75.123), “The San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art,” “The Oakland Museum,” Oakland,
California, Chicago's “Field Museum,” and “The Whitney Museum of
American Art.” His published monograph books are; “Realities; Revised
Final Vision Version III,” which includes David’s photographs and
conversations with Keith Haring, Christo, Nam June Paik, Ansel Adams,
Jerry Uelsmann, Aaron Siskind, Robert Heinecken and Ralph Gibson, 2018,
“Sacred Journey;” published by “Taschen” in four languages; English,
German, French, and Spanish, 2004, “Ten Southeast Asian Tribes from
Five Countries,” 2008, “The Last Filipino Head Hunters,” 2001,
“Perspectives;” which includes David’s photographs and conversations
with Ansel Adams, Jerry Uelsmann, Ralph Gibson, and Robert Heinecken,
1978 and “Realities,” 1976. In 1970, Howard participated in, and
documented, student protest demonstrations against the Vietnam war,
during the “Kent State University” uprising, in Ohio, where four
students were killed, and nine wounded, by The Ohio National Guard. In
1969 David attended, and documented, “Three Days of Peace and Music” at
“Woodstock,” where he photographed Jimi Hendrix, Richie Havens, Ravi
Shankar, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, County Joe and The Fish, Santana,
Canned Heat, Mountain, The Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival,
The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin, Ten Years After,
Johnny Winter, Sly and the Family Stone, Blood Sweat and Tears, The
Band, and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. In the 60’s and 70’s
Howard’s experimental films were screened at “The San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art’s” “S.E.C.A.” series, “The Millennium Film Workshop” in
New York City, “The Oakland Museum’s” “Ultra Films,” in Oakland,
California, “The San Francisco Art Institute’s Film Festival,” “The
Exploratorium” in San Francisco, California, and at “Ohio University”
in Athens, Ohio. David received, in 1974, a Masters of Fine Arts degree
on scholarship, from the “San Francisco Art Institute,” graduating from
the Honor’s Program. In the 80’s he produced and directed the
documentary television series “Art Seen;” with more than 120 episodes,
he brought the viewer into the hidden world of hundreds of artists’
private studios, including Keith Haring, Christo, and Nam June Paik,
while they created and discussed their art. Art Seen was broadcast on
P.B.S. and televised in 17 cities, including New York, Los Angles and
San Francisco. The first Art Seen episode; “New York’s East Village Art
Scene,” premiered at The Whitney Museum of American Art in 1985. During
the early 90’s David embarked upon decades of international travel
throughout Southeast Asia, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Korea, Indonesia,
India, Nepal, The Philippines, Vietnam and Japan. While working with
the “Black Star” photography agency, in New York City, he documented,
the then, President of the United States Bill Clinton in 1996, with 16
other heads of state, at the “Asian Pacific Economic Conference,”
(APEC) in Manila. He followed that by traveling to remote Filipino
primitive villages, where he documented the vanishing life style of
native Filipino head hunting tribes. In the late 90’s, while continue
working with The Black Star photography agency, he documented “The Russian River Jazz Festival,” in Northern California where he met, and photographed, “Herbie Hancock” and “Wayne Shorter.” In that same year he attended, and documented, the opening of the “42nd San Francisco International Film Festival” that featured “Sean Penn.” In 2014 David’s photography, and tribal art, were featured on the cover of “Smithsonian Magazine,” that accompanied excerpts from the book entitled: “Savage Harvest,” concerning the loss of Michael Rockefeller to Indonesian cannibal tribes. David is a long distance swimmer. He swam the complete span, under “The Golden Gate Bridge,” from “San Francisco County” to “Marin County” twice, once in 1985 and again in 1986. David lives in San Francisco, California with his wife “Fawn,” and their three children, “Tyler,” “Jack,” and “San.”                                                        |
