Sante D'Orazio


Sante D'Orazio is an American photographer. D'Orazio exhibited in the Kunsthaus Munich, Kunsthauswien Vienna, the L.A. County Museum, Kahmann Gallery, Stellan Holm Gallery, Cameraworks Gallery Hilario Galguera Gallery, and NRW Forum in Düsseldorf. His publications include: A Private View, Sante D'Orazio Photographs, Pam: American Icon, Katlick School, Gianni and Donatella, and Barely Private.

Books

  • A Private View. Penguin Books, 1998.. Photographs and diary pages covering his photography career.
  • Sante D'Orazio Photographs. Arena Editions, 2000. Photographs from his professional and personal work.
  • Pam: American Icon. Schirmer/Mosel, 2005.. Photographs of Pamela Anderson
  • Katlick School. teNeues, 2006.
  • Gianni and Donatella. teNeues, 2007.
  • Barely Private - A Diary Book 1997-Present. Taschen, 2009.

Exhibitions

Personal life

D'Orazio was married to fashion model Kara Young from 1994 to 1998. They had one son together, Nickola, also a photographer.

Quotes

"Everybody has a different approach to it, but I always tell people: learn how to stop thinking. Once you start thinking with the camera in your hand, you’ve lost the picture. If you had time to think, the picture’s gone."
– Sante D'Orazio, In a 2023 interview with