{{Short description|American photographer (born 1969)}} {{Infobox artist | bgcolour = | name = Dave Nazworthy | image = Dave Naz.JPG | caption = Naz at the book release party for his ''FRESH: Girls of Seduction'', held at the Artist Bound Gallery in downtown Los Angeles, June 2006 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|09|02|mf=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | field = Photography | training = | movement = | famous works = | patrons = | influenced = | spouse = }}
'''Dave Naz''' (born September 2, 1969) is an American photographer and film director.
==Career== From 1985 up to 1997, Naz played in the punk rock bands Chemical People, Down by Law, and The Last.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chemicalpeople.com/pages/bio.htm|title=Chemical People bio|work=ChemicalPeople.com|accessdate=22 September 2016}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Inspired by artists such as Larry Clark, Nan Goldin and Diane Arbus, Naz started photographing people in sexual situations.<ref>[http://www.davenaz.com/blog/2006/01/tiffany-limos-ken-park.html Tiffany Limos - Ken Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106095920/http://www.davenaz.com/blog/2006/01/tiffany-limos-ken-park.html |date=2007-11-06 }}, DaveNaz.com</ref> In 2001, Naz assisted photographer Richard Kern<ref name=laweekly>{{cite news |url=http://www.laweekly.com/la-people-2007/dave-naz/16296/ |title=Dave Naz: The big uneasy |accessdate=2007-05-13 |author=Jonathan Gold |date=2007-05-09 |newspaper=LA Weekly |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516080143/http://www.laweekly.com/la-people-2007/dave-naz/16296/ |archivedate=16 May 2007 }}</ref> and went on to shoot for a number of adult magazines, including ''Hustler'', ''Taboo'', ''Leg Show'' and ''Barely Legal''. Several of Nazworthy's photos are used in the artwork of American painter and photographer Richard Prince.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://try-har-der.blogspot.com/2009/01/wallace-berman-richard-prince-michael.html |title=Wallace Berman & Richard Prince @ Michael Kohn Gallery LA|date=16 January 2009|work=try-har-der.blogspot.com|accessdate=22 September 2016}}</ref>
==Personal life== {{As of|2015}}, Naz was married to Ashley Blue.<ref name="Lee p260">{{cite book |editor1-last=Lee |editor1-first=Jiz |title=Coming Out Like a Porn Star: Essays on Pornography, Protection, and Privacy |publisher=ThreeL Media |location=Berkeley, Calif. |isbn=978-0-9905571-6-6 |page=260 |date=2015 |url=https://archive.org/details/comingoutlikepor0000unse/page/260/mode/1up?view=theater |url-access=registration}}</ref>
==Bibliography== * (2025) ''BTS'' - (Foreword by Eric Kroll). Friend Editions<ref>https://friendeditions.com/products/bts-dave-naz</ref> * (2024) ''Naked Girls with Small Breasts 2'' - Edition Reuss {{ISBN|978-3-943105-72-8}} * (2024) ''Dressed Undressed 3'' - Edition Reuss {{ISBN|978-3-943105-69-8}} * (2023) ''Dressed Undressed 2'' - Edition Reuss {{ISBN|978-3-943105-66-7}} * (2022) ''Legs. Nylons. Nudes'' - Edition Reuss {{ISBN|978-3-943105-63-6}} * (2021) ''Dressed Undressed'' - Edition Reuss {{ISBN|3943105598}} * (2019) ''Naked Girls with Small Breasts'' - Edition Reuss {{ISBN|3943105555}} * (2018) ''Natural'' - Issue, Inc. {{ISBN|0974512451}} * (2017) ''Identity: In & Beyond The Binary'' - Rare Bird Books, A Barnacle Book. {{ISBN|1945572515}} * (2014) ''Genderqueer: And Other Gender Identities'' - (Essays by Morty Diamond, Jiz Lee, Sarah B. Burghauser, Ignacio Rivera, Jenny Factor). Rare Bird Books, A Barnacle Book. {{ISBN|1940207266}} * (2011) ''Butt Babes'' - (Foreword by Lydia Lunch). Goliath Press. {{ISBN|3-936709-45-9}} * (2010) ''A.S.L.'' - Edition Reuss {{ISBN|978-3-934020-84-9}} * (2007) ''L.A. Bondage'' - (Foreword by Eric Kroll). Goliath Press. {{ISBN|3-936709-28-9}} * (2006) ''Fresh: Girls Of Seduction'' - (Foreword by Mat Gleason). Goliath Press. {{ISBN|3-936709-19-X}} * (2004) ''Legs'' - (Foreword by Nina Hartley). Goliath Press. {{ISBN|3-936709-12-2}} * (2003) ''Panties'' - (Foreword by Lydia Lunch). Goliath Press. {{ISBN|3-936709-01-7}} * (2002) ''Lust Circus'' - (Foreword by Tony Mitchell). Goliath Press.{{ISBN|3980760278}}
==Exhibitions== * (2015) ''Identity'' - University of Redlands Art Gallery (Redlands, CA) * (2014) ''Identity'' - Coagula Curatorial (Los Angeles, CA) * (2009) ''Candids'' - Perihelion Arts Gallery (Phoenix, AZ) * (2007) ''Candids'' - Todd/Browning Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) * (2005) ''Legs'' - Clair Obscur Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) * (2004) ''Legs'' - Sometimes Madness is Wisdom Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) * (2003) ''Panties'' - Perihelion Arts Gallery (Phoenix, AZ) * (2002) ''Lust Circus'' - Stormy Leather Gallery (San Francisco, CA) * (2002) ''Lust Circus'' - Curated by Mat Gleason, Coagula Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.davenaz.com/exhibits.html |title=Dave Naz photography |access-date=2007-10-23 |archive-date=2007-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017043918/http://www.davenaz.com/exhibits.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Partial filmography== * (2015) "Identity: In & Beyond The Binary"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-is-what-its-like-to-grow-up-queer-and-gender-non-conforming_us_55e9ba6de4b093be51bb4b44 |title=This Is What It's Like To Grow Up Queer|author=James Michael Nichols|date=8 September 2015|work=huffingtonpost.com|accessdate=22 September 2016}}</ref> * (2012) "Waking Up"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/38875402 |title=''Waking up'' (2012)|work=vimeo.com|accessdate=22 September 2016}}</ref> * (2011) ''Slave 06'' (JM Productions)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamelink.com/display_product.jhtml?id=359270 |title=Slave #6|work=gamelink.com|accessdate=22 September 2016}}</ref> * (2010) ''F. M. Indie'' (Private Media Group) * (2010) ''Turbo Rock'' (Good Releasing)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goodvibes.com/display_product.jhtml?id=8-2-AA-1001&lid=|title=Turbo Rock DVD|work=goodvibes.com|accessdate=22 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222191822/http://www.goodvibes.com/display_product.jhtml?id=8-2-AA-1001&lid=|archive-date=22 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> * (2009) ''Cheating Hollywood Wives'' (Private Media Group) * (2009) ''L.A. Girls Love...'' (Private Media Group) * (2008) ''Sugar Town'' (Vivid-Alt) * (2008) ''Circa '82'' (Vivid-Alt) * (2008) ''House of Sex & Domination'' (Private Media Group) * (2008) ''L.A. Lust'' (Private Media Group) * (2006) ''Skater Girl Fever'' (Vivid-Alt)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2410567/ |title=Dave Naz|work=IMDb|accessdate=22 September 2016}}</ref>
==Awards== * 2009 AVN Award Winner – Best Best BDSM Release (''House of Sex & Domination'' - Private Media Group)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/34090.html|title=A CLINTON SUMMIT ON WEB SECURITY?|work=AVN|accessdate=22 September 2016|archive-date=23 February 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20090223020140/http://business.avn.com/articles/34090.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2009 Ninfa Award Winner for Best BDSM Film (''House of Sex & Domination'' - Private Media Group)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/30952.html|title=Chatsworth Pictures Releases ''Cuckold MILFs''|author=David Sullivan|work=AVN|accessdate=22 September 2016|archive-date=18 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218083821/http://business.avn.com/articles/30952.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Dave Naz}} * {{Official website|http://www.davenaz.com}} * {{IMDb name|2410567|Dave Naz}} * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dave+Naz/ Discogs] * [http://www.erographic.com/photography/111/Dave+Naz.html Dave Naz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118210446/http://www.erographic.com/photography/111/Dave+Naz.html |date=2013-01-18 }}, Online Gallery on Erographic * [http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a48141/porn-star-weddings/ "4 Porn Stars Talk About How They Fell in Love"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227135915/http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a48141/porn-star-weddings/ |date=2017-12-27 }}
===Interviews=== * [http://www.eros-lasvegas.com/articles/2004-11-02/davenaz/ Eros Interview] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061110234757/http://www.gramponante.com/2006/10/dave-naz-loves-la.html Gram Ponante Interview]
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