Justice Howard a phenomenal talent in the world of photography, is more than just a photographer, she is a visual linguist. An artist that has transcended beyond reality in many ways through the images that she visualizes and brings to life. There are many that have stepped up to the plate and have actually made it in this field, but none that have the unique style that Justice has. I came across Justice on the web while looking for images and was impressed with a shot that I had never seen before of Mickey Rourke. After talking to her about the image I asked her if I could use it on the site, and we ended up talking about so many other things. She is an amazing woman with a true outlook in her own life and the world around her. Before she ever found herself behind the camera, she was in front of the camera as a model. Then once she became a professional photographer she was published in magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Blue, Erotica, Heavy Metal, Femme Fatales, Sirens of Cinema and Time magazine. I thought it might be interesting to find out more about her and her work. So she agreed to give me an interview and take us into who she is and what she does.

JH:  Well I originally made it up the ladder doing fetish photography in LA back when no one even knew what fetish was. There were only 5 of us back in the day.  2 in LA, 2 in New York and one in Europe. Now of course everyone and their dog has jumped atop the fetish bandwagon and when that happens and something goes mainstream I’m onto other things. So I moved to Vegas for 4 years because I wanted to move a little higher up the technical ladder. I ended up shooting Siegfried & Roy, Blue Man Group, all the Elvis impersonators etc, etc and I also choreographed numbers in Las Vegas shows. I have billboards all over the strip and lightboxes all over the casinos and in some shows where my images are playing along side the stage on the monitors. So I did a lot of higher end work because I wanted to tighten up in a higher ended professional arena. I am back in Los Angeles now however.

TA:  Now not only have you actually taken some of the most erotic images using different models. You have also had the opportunity to take quite a few photographs of the extraordinarily famous and the infamous during your career. Of which, have been Marilyn Manson, Siegfried & Roy, Dave Navarro, Waylon Jennings and Sonny Barger. If the readers don’t know who Sonny is they might want to think back to “The Hell’s Angels.” Sonny was the founder of this brotherhood of bikers. Sonny has also put out a book entitled “Hell’s Angel” and this book is being turned into a movie that will be directed by Tony Scott. Ok, now getting to the question that I am sure you are patiently waiting for.  Don’t mind me Justice, sometimes I find myself ranting off on other subjects. So here we go. While working with these individuals, which did you find to be more challenging?

JH:  Fukk the famous, I would rather shoot the infamous. I have no inclination to shoot someone like Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise or Lindsay Lohan. That would bore the shit out of me. So I guess my models have a little more spunk, a little more charisma than maybe most. Waylon Jennings was really fun to shoot and the photo shoot I did with him was the last one he ever did. Believe it or not I shot Kato Kaelin and he was my favorite model of the entire year in the year I photographed him. He’s nothing like they made him out to be which taught me a huge lesson about the media. He’s very, very smart and had me pissin my pants he was so funny. I loved him. I remember kicking people out of my studio that would diss him…they had never even knew or even met him yet they’d diss him. Pissed me off. He was a firecracker. As for Sonny well I have some pics I took of him in the book you’re talking about and I’ve known him forever. He helped me buy a Harley Davidson Electraglide in 1989 out of Oakland and we have been friends a long time now. But in answer to your question…what is more challenging…the most challenging thing is to shoot someone I don’t like. If I like someone a lot the pics turn out fabulous.

TA: What are your future plans and are there any projects that you are working on right now?

JH:   Well I’m working on a series of erotic fairy tale images. I just shot the EVIL Queen and will be doing Snow White soon. There will be like 10 of them. I’m working on my first hardcover book and the intros have already been written by my pal Mamie Van Doren and John Gilmore. It’s planned to be out in a year or so. I’m flying to Denver to do something at some nightclub and I’m still taking on students and giving seminars. I’m also doing the “Erotica La show” in June and Dave Navarro & Jenna Jameson is the hosts and I’m the next big draw with a slide presentation I’m doing there. They are building the viewing room for it right now from what I understand.