Manarchy Films / Dennis Manarchy Photography

Manarchy Films / Dennis Manarchy Photography www.manarchy.com Dennis was raised in the Mid-west. His first love was jazz. His next love was photography, which ultimately became his passion.

As fate would have it, he came in late to band practice and the only instrument left was a sax, which he fell in love with. He developed a talent for improvisation and played in jazz bands throughout high school and college. He won a scholarship to Rochester Institute of Technology and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Upon graduation he was fortunate to serve an apprenticeship for th

e legendary photographer Irving Penn. It was a highly disciplined and uncompromising creative environment. Penn became simultaneously a mentor due to his amazing talent and meticulous nature, and a nemesis because it took years for Dennis to break from his influence and really develop his own style. Dennis was drafted into the army in 1968. After serving in Vietnam, he found himself anxious and disillusioned upon returning to civilian life. He met a Lumbee Indian chief in a North Carolina bookstore, and after sharing his story, he was invited to move in with the tribe. He lived with the Lumbee tribe for 6 months. He regained his passion for photography and a sense of normalcy in society. His experience with the Lumbee tribe was pivotal and has manifested itself in his latest project, "Vanishing Cultures: An American Portrait." After leaving the tribe, Dennis returned to his roots in the Midwest, opened a studio in Chicago and built an international clientele. Throughout his career, he has won numerous national and international awards for his work on campaigns from Porsche to Nike to Harley Davidson to Dior. His first book “En Passant” won the prestigious American Graphic Design award and his latest books, “Metal” and “Metal2” each won Graphis Gold in 2009 and 2010. "Vanishing Cultures: An American Portrait" (www.thefpac.org) is Dennis' current work-in-progress, and certainly his most ambitious. Conceived over the past 11 years, Vanishing Cultures will be a monumental undertaking: a 20,000-mile road trip with one of the largest-ever-built film cameras to photograph and document our nation's disappearing cultures for future exhibitions, video documentaries and educational materials.

02/18/2024

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Check out and share Dennis' presentation at TEDx!
03/15/2013

Check out and share Dennis' presentation at TEDx!

Dennis Manarchy puts a lifetime of experience and thought into every image he creates. We have come to a tipping point. There are fewer and fewer cohesive Am...

12/17/2012

We're thrilled that Dennis has been invited to speak at this year's upcoming TedX Windy City conference! February 23rd, 2013! Tickets going on sale soon...hope to see you there!

Dennis Manarchy grew a love for photography at an early age. He studied fine arts at Rochester Institute of Technology and apprenticed for the legendary photographer, Irving Penn.

12/04/2012

New update on our project from PetaPixel!

Here's an update on photographer Dennis Manarchy's Vanishing Cultures project, which we featured at the beginning of the year. Manarchy has just releas

The new website is aLIVE! Let us know your feedback! We're looking for the next gallery in the U.S. or abroad for our ...
12/03/2012

The new website is aLIVE! Let us know your feedback! We're looking for the next gallery in the U.S. or abroad for our next show...let us know if you have suggestions!
www.manarchy.com

Back in the day when MJ was king of Chicago...Dennis knew this was the winner from the entire photo shoot, but Nike aske...
11/09/2012

Back in the day when MJ was king of Chicago...Dennis knew this was the winner from the entire photo shoot, but Nike asked "why would we choose the one with his eyes closed?" Turned out they were wrong.

The final evening at Hilton Asmus Contemporary! Hope to see you here tonight!
09/28/2012

The final evening at Hilton Asmus Contemporary! Hope to see you here tonight!

Tomorrow night is the final night of METAL! Come visit us at Hilton Asmus Contemporary - 716 N Wells - 5-9pm...Hope to ...
09/27/2012

Tomorrow night is the final night of METAL! Come visit us at Hilton Asmus Contemporary - 716 N Wells - 5-9pm...Hope to see you there!

In case you couldn't make it, here's a look at the opening night of METAL! The show will remain open through the end of...
09/18/2012

In case you couldn't make it, here's a look at the opening night of METAL! The show will remain open through the end of September...still time to check it out!
https://vimeo.com/49639676

"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion,” wrote Sir Francis Bacon. The wonderfully strange beauties of photographer Dennis…

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