About
dog dad + photographer + filmmaker
Self-taught. Focused on faces and places. Guided by intuition. Fueled by curiosity and an insatiable hunger for storytelling. Billy Henry’s work lives at the dusty crossroads where fiction, nonfiction and the human condition intersect, creating a supernatural and cinematic world that orbits around narrative and energy.
He is forever a film photography purist - but has embraced digital as a fun tool in the toolbox for select jobs, projects and clients.
Naturally drawn to fringe subcultures, renegades, outsiders, free spirits - thus frequently works with artists of various mediums. Musicians. Actors. Filmmakers. Chefs. Writers. Painters. Designers. Comedians. And more.
Loves working with teams yet is skilled and experienced as a singular production guru: photography, directing, cinematography (super 8 and video), writing, casting, set design, styling, location scouting, and editing.
Various photobook and zine projects in the hopper with works selected from:
portraits + landscapes x Los Angeles + California Desert
portraits + landscapes x mining, railroad, farming communities in Colorado’s mountains + High Plains
portraits + landscapes x lyrical labyrinth Tennessee + Kentucky
portraits + landscapes x demolition derby culture in an isolated Colorado mining town
collection from years living and working the trenches in the BMX magazine world
also….
working on two short films
and launching a fashion line
full portfolio overhaul update on website soon
Billy Henry and his pup Cash Henry are based in Los Angeles, the High Desert, and Palm Springs. For them - Living The Art Life is a spiritual pursuit.
Billy Henry + Cash Henry x Morongo Valley, California
Billy Henry + Griffin Henry x Joshua Tree, California