SAM HASKINS
Overview
Sam Haskins (1926 – 2009) was a British photographer, born and raised in South Africa. He started his career in Johannesburg and moved to London in 1968. Haskins is best known for his contribution to in-camera image montage. He started his career as an advertising photographer in Johannesburg in 1953. He produced commercial work across a very broad spectrum of photography from still life to industrial, fashion and aerial. His international reputation and his signature photographic passions were established by four key books published in the 1960s. Five Girls (1962), Cowboy Kate & Other Stories (1964), Haskins Posters (1973), November Girl (1967) and African Image (1967).
Cowboy Kate & Other Stories deliberately explored black-and-white photographic grain as a medium for expression and design. It was highly influential at the time, selling roughly a million copies worldwide and won the Prix Nadar in France in 1964. It continues to influence contemporary photographers, film makers, fashion designers and make-up artists. Cowboy Kate & Other Stories or ‘Kate’ had its place in photographic history cemented in 2005 when the ICP in New York included the book in their exhibition The Open Book: A History of the Photographic Book from 1878 to the Present.
Featured Exhibitions
Cowboy Kate & Other Stories, Gunbelt Front, 1963
Gelatin silver print
Cowboy Kate & Other Stories, Gunbelt One Hand, 1963
Archival pigment print
Cowboy Kate & Other Stories, Gunbelt Seated, 1963
Archival pigment print
Cowboy Kate & Other Stories, Kate On Stool Bookspread, 1963
Gelatin silver print
Cowboy Kate & Other Stories, Kate In Jail (Full Figure), 1963
Gelatin silver print
Cowboy Kate & Other Stories, Card Cheat Under Lamp, 1963
Vintage gelatin silver print
Cowboy Kate & Other Stories, Three Card Players, 1963
Vintage gelatin silver print
Model Artist Model Pointing Brush, 1963
Vintage gelatin silver print
Five Girls, Bes Under Lamp Plaits, 1961
Vintage gelatin silver print
Five Girls, Gill in Conversation 3 Panels, 1961
Vintage gelatin silver print
November Girl, November Girl Nude Scarf, 1967
Vintage gelatin silver print
