Christopher Makos

Christopher Makos (born 1948)[1] is an American photographer and visual artist. Makos is known for his photographs of Queer icons and pop stars, and of the male body.[2] Makos apprenticed with photographer Man Ray, and assisted and collaborated with Andy Warhol.

Christopher Makos
Makos in 2019
Born1948 (age 74–75)
Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.
Other namesChris Makos
Occupation(s)Photographer, visual artist

Makos's work has been in the permanent collections of more than 100 museums and major private collections, including those of Malcolm Forbes, Pedro Almodóvar, and Gianni Versace.[3] His photographs of Warhol, Haring, Tennessee Williams, and others have been auctioned regularly. Makos lives in the West Village area of New York City.[4][5]

Career
Makos at work in his studio, 2007
Makos at work in his studio, 2007

Chris Makos was born in 1948 in Lowell, Massachusetts, but grew up in California before moving to Paris.[1][6]

In 1976, he worked as an apprentice with Man Ray in Fregenae, Italy.[7] He met Andy Warhol in 1977, and became more visible in the Warhol social circle around 1979 and 1980.[8][9] During that time Makos worked a photo assistant for Warhol and was involved with the publication of the 1979 art photo book, "Andy Warhol's Exposures".[8][10][11] His book, Warhol: A Photographic Memoir (1989, New American Library), chronicled his friendship and extensive travels with Warhol in photos.[12]

Since the early 1970s, Makos 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 worldwide. 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.

Makos' photographs have been published in Interview, Rolling Stone, House & 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 Institution. Makos' Icons portfolio is a collection of silkscreen portraits of Andy Warhol, Elizabeth Taylor, Salvador Dalí, John Lennon, and Mick Jagger.

Publications
  • Makos, Christopher (1977). White Trash. Stonehill. ISBN 978-0883730683.
  • Makos, Christopher (1989). Warhol: A Personal Photographic Memoir. New York City, NY: New American Library. ISBN 0453006698.
  • Makos, Christopher (2011). Tyrants and Lederhosen. Libros de Autor. Madrid, Spain: La Fábrica. ISBN 9788415303121.
  • Makos, Christopher; Solberg, Paul (2012). Tattoos, Hornets, Fire: The Millennium Sweden: Photographs. Glitterati. ISBN 9780985169619.

References
  1. Siddons, Edward (14 June 2023). "Andy Warhol piloting John Denver's experimental bi-plane: Christopher Makos's best photograph". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-06-14 – via The Guardian.
  2. "A Look Back at Queer America with Photography of Christopher Makos". Hotspots Magazine. 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  3. Makos and Maia
  4. Harrity, Christopher (2014-10-21). "Christopher Makos and the Convergence of Trash and Beauty". The Advocate (LGBT magazine). Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  5. Shaw, Dan (2013-10-03). "Andy Warhol Schlepped Here". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  6. "Makos, Christopher, 1948-". LC Name Authority File (LCNAF), Library of Congress.
  7. "Warhol, Minnelli, Basquiat: 4 Decades of Christopher Makos Imagery". Out. 2022-04-04. ISSN 1062-7928. Retrieved 2022-12-07. while apprenticing with Man Ray in Fregene, Italy
  8. Bockris, Victor (2009-04-29). Warhol: The Biography. Hachette Books. p. 440. ISBN 978-0-7867-3028-5.
  9. "Exhibition "From a New Yorker's Perspective - Photography by Christopher Makos"". AmerikaHaus.de. May 2020. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  10. Karlholm, Dan (2006). Art of Illusion: The Representation of Art History in Nineteenth-century Germany and Beyond. Peter Lang. p. 72. ISBN 978-3-03910-958-6.
  11. Feitelberg, Rosemary (2020-04-22). "Photographer Chris Makos Sews Photos Just Like Andy Warhol Did". WWD. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  12. Koestenbaum, Wayne (2015-02-17). Andy Warhol: A Biography. Open Road Media. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-4976-9985-4.

Sources
  • Makos, Christopher. Exhibitionism. New York: Glitterati Incorporated, 2004. ISBN 1-57687-222-X
  • Makos, Christopher. Equipose. New York: Glitterati Incorporated, 2005. ISBN 0-9765851-2-X
  • Solberg, Paul. Bloom. New York: Glitterati Incorporated, 2005. ISBN 0-9765851-3-8
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