It began in 1978 with a leave of absence from my engineering job to photograph the western national parks. After being on the road for three months I knew that everything else just seemed like a waste of time. A year later I opened Exposures Gallery in the upstate New York hamlet of Sugar Loaf and began a new life that has stood the test of time. For over four decades the camera has been my vehicle to experience the endless beauty and wonder of our planet. My work as a photographer, above all, is about light. Its transformative powers can turn the ordinary into something extraordinary. Nature is sacred and mother earth my muse. The best art we make mirrors it. The natural cycles – Birth, Growth, Death – all carry profound spiritual meaning. With both my head and my heart I endeavor to capture her gifts.

Over the years I have had the great fortune to experience so many special places. Averaging two or three photo projects away from my home in the Hudson Valley each year adds up. Out-of-the-way less traveled parts of the world is where I’m drawn. To accommodate the work, the gallery space in Sugar Loaf is divided to provide for changing travel exhibits and my ever-growing Hudson Valley portfolio. Take time to enjoy the special moments in time I’ve captured over the years. It is truly my pleasure to share them with you.

ABOUT the ARTIST – Nick Zungoli produced a series of exhibition posters in 1981 that launched his career. The prints were distributed and sold internationally with great success by major art houses in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, New Orleans and Toronto. As an ASMP member (American Society of Magazine Photographers) his work was exhibited at museums and public venues that traveled the world. Since 1979 he has built a long list of collectors (over 50,000 to date) including celebrities; director Steven Spielberg, musician Quincy Jones; author Alice Walker; actor Stanley Tucci; NY governor Eliot Spitzer; art directors, interior designers and architects. National Geographic, the New York Times and Sierra magazine along with many other publications and books have featured his work. Nick is also the author of several self-published books capturing the beauty of his home in the Hudson Valley as well as Italy, Cuba, the Mekong River and most recently Central America.

Half the art of making a beautiful print is in the post processing. The first twenty years of my career were spent in the darkroom. In 1998 I began scanning my film and outputting digitally on to museum quality papers and canvas using archival inks and a state-of-the-art large format printer. My love for making prints continues to this day. It is exciting to take my vision in the field and see it printed and framed and hanging on the wall by days end.

Before most of us had even heard of the internet my brilliant friend, photographer David Silver, built and launched my website at www.exposures.com.

It was the first .com site hosted by Warwick Online.