Howard Schatz


Howard Schatz is an American photographer, who previously had a career as an ophthalmologist.

Life and work

Ophthalmology

Schatz began his professional life in medicine. He completed his medical degree at The University of Illinois College of Medicine, followed by an internship at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, ophthalmology residency at The University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, and fellowship in vitreoretinal diseases at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Schatz had a private practice in San Francisco from 1970 to 1995. He was a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Francisco, and a retina specialist.

Photography

His photography includes a wide range of subject matter including dance, sports, portraiture, studies of the human body and innovative approaches to photography.

Personal life

Schatz is married to Beverly Ornstein, the former head of Current Affairs at PBS television station, KQED, in San Francisco; she is currently executive producer for Schatz Ornstein Studio. They live and work in New York.

Publications

As Howard Schatz, M.D.
Howard Schatz authored more than 150 scientific articles and numerous book chapters. Select peer-reviewed articles include:
• Schatz H: Alport's syndrome in a Negro kindred. Am J Ophthalmol. 1971;71:1236-1240.
• Schatz H, Urist M: An instrument for measuring ocular torticollis. AAOO. 1971;75:650-653.
• Schatz H: Sarcomatous transformation of benign orbital neurilemoma. Arch Ophthalmol. 1971;86:268-273.
• Patz A, Schatz H et al.: Argon laser photocoagulation in diabetic retinopathy. Trans Am Acad Ophthalmol. 1972;76:984-989.
• Schatz H, Mendelblatt F: Solar retinopathy from LSD sun-gazing. Br J Ophthalmol. 1973;57:270-273.
• Schatz H, Patz A: Exudative senile maculopathy: laser treatment results. Arch Ophthalmol. 1973;90:183-202.
• Schatz H, Maumenee AE, Patz A: Geographic helicoid peripapillary choroidopathy. Trans Am Acad Ophthalmol. 1974;78:747-761.
• Kelley JS, Patz A, Schatz H: Management of retinal branch vein occlusion. Ann Ophthalmol. 1974;6:1123-1134.
• Schatz H: Central serous chorioretinopathy. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 1975;15:159-168.
• Schatz H, Yannuzzi LA, Stransky TJ: Retinal detachment in vein occlusion. Ann Ophthalmol. 1976;8:1437-1471.
Medical Books and Booklets
• Fundus Fluorescein Angiography: A Composite Slide Collection
• Interpretation of Fundus Fluorescein Angiography
• The Macula
• Laser Treatment of Fundus Disease
• Essential Fluorescein Angiography
• Laser Photocoagulation of Retinal Disease
• California Resource Directory for the Blind
• For Our Patients: Macular Degeneration
• For Our Patients: Diabetic Retinopathy
• Retinal Detachment and Vitreous Surgery

As Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein

  • 1992: Gifted Woman
  • 1993: Seeing Red: The Rapture of Redheads
  • 1994: Homeless: Portraits of Americans in Hard Times
  • 1995: Newborn
  • 1995: WaterDance
  • 1996: The Princess of the Spring and the Queen of the Sea
  • 1996: BodyType
  • 1997: Passion & Line
  • 1998: Pool Light
  • 2000: Bodyknots
  • 2000: NudeBodyNude
  • 2002: Rare Creatures
  • 2002: Athlete
  • 2005: Botanica
  • 2006: In Character: Actors Acting. Bulfinch.. With a foreword by Roger Ebert.
  • 2007: H2O
  • 2011: With Child
  • 2012: At The Fights
  • 2013: Caught In The Act: Actors Acting
  • 2015: Schatz Images: 25 Years
  • 2018: Kink. New York: Lawrence Richard..

    With others

  • 1996: Virtuoso. 1996. By Ken Carbone with photographs by Schatz.