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Patrick Hoelck
Photographer/Director

Music: Music Videos (as Director)
Reel available upon request from Merge Crossroads:
Tommy LaBuda (323) 848-8425
Joe Uliano (310) 659-3449

John B. & WC
Esthero
Ben Harper
Deftones
Beenie Man
Local H
DJ Quik
BB Jay
Glass Jaw
Alicia Keys
Sky Sweetnam
Yellowcard
Blindside
Calvin Richardson
Lisa Marie Presley

Commericals
Contact Merge Crossroads (310) 659-3449
Parko fashion
Dickies Starring Vincent Gallo (Advertising stills from commerical)
Commerical

Advertisements
Dita Eye Wear
Levi's "Low Rise"
Lollapalooza
310 Motor Company
Fresh Jive
Strut Motors
Big Star Jeans
Triple Five Soul
DVS
Lucky Strike
Felt
Union Jeans
Torrid
Bailey's Liquor
Echo Red Label
Akademics
Union Bay

Portraits
Tony Ward, Dolly Parton, Winona Ryder, Pamela Anderson, John C. Riley, Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Harper, Mekhi Phieffer, Marie Matiko, Sabine Karshenti, Vincent Gallo, Perry Farrell, Clare Kramer, Norman Reedus, Shane West, Warren Betty, Hayden Christiansen, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, Shannyn Sossamon, Andrew Niccol, Shooter Jennings, Thom York, Paul Rudd, Linda Perry, Beyonce Knowles, Nikki Hilton, Paris Hilton, Will Farell, Greg Smith, Adam Beach, Nicol Lenz, cast of CSI, Michael Stipe, Gina Gershon, 50 Cent, Ashlee Simpson, Scott Weiland, Slash, Elise Neil, Sean (P. Diddy) Combs, Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, Marc Ecko, Russell Simmons, KaDee Strickland, Adrien Brody, Pharell Williams, Baltazar Getty, Jason Schwartzman, Zooey Deschanel, The Game, Brett Ratner, Natassia Malthe, Malinda Williams, Vanessa Carlton, Heather Mitts, Zach Braff, Victor Rasuk, Taryn Manning, Ioan Gruffodd, Chris Rock, Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert , Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Asia Argento, Ashley Scott, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kanye West, Sophia Bush, Master P, David Boreanaz, Anna faris, Viggo Mortensen, Kevin Mckidd, Mark Ruffalo, Jordana Brewster, Mandy Moore, Mickey Rourke, Willam Hurt, Sir Ian Mckellen (Cast of "The Wire"), Ice Cube

Books
Hiroko Hatano (HOP) Japan
Tar (Good Brown Press) US
Blonde (Carlton)

One only needs to look at Patrick Hoelck's rendering of himself in order to perceive the artistic element that makes his photographs unique:

A bearded male apparition stares at his viewer through his own smoky reflection; his own thin & jagged dark etchings give himself form and emotion; he evokes a photographer's spectral presence; his face slightly askew, his cigarette dangling, he is frozen by his own rumination—reality is a white void in need of dark etchings, a personal demarcation of the moment that fills the void with meaning & individuality.

It's not surprising that Patrick Hoelck has become known for his almost "trademark" darkness. In his photographs, the white void of reality becomes saturated with a multiplicity of thin, jagged dark lines that it becomes concentrated in his subject's eyes.

Compare the eyes of the individuals he has photographed to those of his self-portrait. The comparison is remarkably uncanny. It's as if Patrick always takes a photograph of his own self, his own self-portrait; his lighting & perspectives revealing themselves as skills born from his own struggles to overcome personal weaknesses, transforming the darkness of a former self-abuser into the darkness created by an illuminator wanting to see himself for who he is.

Patrick Hoelck's photography resonates because his darkness does not hide, pervert, destroy, or malign. Instead, it emboldens, signifies, nurtures, resurrects an individual for who they are: sexuality and celebrity status are consequential of being human—of being a man or woman, actor or actress, singer or musician, model or cult personality; glamour and attitude are consequential of one's pride and self-respect. Patrick effectively disregards the celebrity status and pop culture relevance of his subjects. Patrick photographs individuals for what they allow him to see of himself.

Patrick Hoelck's photographs invite the viewer to make a distinction between being profoundly dark and remaining in the dark.