Anthony Hawthorne is both a photographer and model. Born in
Long Beach, CA, one of the first life lessons I learned was that
you don't have to follow the path in front of you; you can create
your own path.
I was always a very smart, athletic, extremely skinny little kid
who didn't have an artistic bone in his body. In high school, I
discovered track, football, and weight lifting. By my senior
year the skinny kid disappeared and I was being recruited
colleges to play football. Choosing education over football, I
attended college in Pennsylvania.
Moving from California to Pennsylvania was a huge cultural
change. In both California and Pennsylvania, I was exposed to
many different types of personalities. Attending a small
college and living in a fraternity house I was exposed to new
types of music, art, fashion styles, etc. Thus giving me some
form of creativity and appreciation for the arts.
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It was in college that I discovered the possibility of modeling. A teammate and I were joking around
about trying out modeling and acting when the season football season was over. Well when the season
was over I gave modeling a try. Of course, being a college student and a dual sport athlete, I could not
give it the serious attention that modeling took. But during the time that I could focus on modeling, i was
given the pleasure of being in a nationwide selling poster, a wedding catalog, 2 magazines, an art show,
and other items....and built a decent portfolio.
After graduating college, I moved to New Jersey. I thought I'd have more time to focus on modeling,
until I tore my achilles tendon. Still wanting to be apart of the business and having a fond appreciation
for photography, I thought this would be a good time to try my hand in photography. My first camera
was an Advanced Point and Shoot camera.
Every year I set 3 goals to achieve during the year. During my injury my goal was to teach myself
photography. I set out to achieve this goal by reading, practicing, pulling from my modeling experiences,
and talking with other photographers (www.dpchallenge.com was a great help in advancing me as a
photographer). I now have over 3 years of photography under my belt and made the change to a DSLR
camera.
Please take the time to browse my galleries and contact me if you have any interests.
Thank you for visiting my page.
Anthony Hawthorne
Anthony Hawthorne Photography