Rose Hartman (born May 16, 1937) is a photographer, travel writer, and author who lives and works in New York City. Hartman claims she got hooked on photography during an assignment From DNR (a fashion publication) to shoot an elaborate
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In addition to documenting celebrities, the jet set, actors, singers, and authors, Hartman was the first to move behind the curtains of Fashion Week catwalks to shoot models and designers backstage as shown in her first book "Birds of Paradise: An Intimate View of the New York Fashion World." In 2011–12, a retrospective of her work including more than 60 photographs was held at the
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in New York. Her archival images have also been exhibited at the Ravestijn Gallery in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2012) and in Punta del Este, Uruguay (2013), as well as at American museums including the Experience Music Project, The Whitney Museum and Museum of the City of New York; a selection of her photographs is also on permanent display at Omar’s, a private dining members club in Greenwich Village.
In 2016, a feature-length documentary film, ''The Incomparable Rose Hartman'', was made about her life and work by Otis Mass. The documentary earned a jury award of special mention at the DOC NYC 2016 Film Festival
Publications
* Rose Hartman: '' Birds of Paradise'' (1980)
* Rose Hartman: ''Incomparable: Women of Style'' (2012)
* Rose Hartman: ''Incomparable Couples'' (2015)