When they aren’t riding bicycles together throughout New York City, photographers
Christopher Makos and Paul Solberg combine their artistry to create unique images. Known
as the Hilton Brothers, this duo is named after vaudevillians Violet and Daisy Hilton—a historic
reference that speaks to their creative alter ego. But Christopher Makos and Paul Solberg are
equally accomplished as individuals. Makos is known for his creative portraits, and Solberg’s
photography of flora and fauna has exhibited internationally. The Hilton Brothers will make
an appearance at the Green Box Arts Festival in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, to participate
in an ArtDesk Conversation on Saturday, June 30. Also, a Paul Solberg floral image will be
installed on the Lake Street Art Display in the town center.
Makos is known as the man who taught Andy Warhol how to take a photograph. He has traveled the world, camera in hand, with the likes of Warhol and Man Ray. Makos’ Stand-Up portraits exhibit the human form as parts of a whole instead of a seamless composition. Paul Solberg also shares worldly travels in his photographs, from intimate scenes of everyday life to evocative portraiture of wild cats. Solberg’s Bloom series showcases flowers at their first splendid moment of beauty, documenting the peace and strength of each flower in contrast to its assumed fragility.