Nancy Burack
A Lefty, my good hands have guided my entire life and livelihood. Mechanical, precise, musical and versatile; they can draw, paint, sew, fix, construct, and play. Their best friends are my eyes. Design, design, design is in everything they see.
My camera sees with me like a best friend you want to share things with.
My style of photography is my camera as fellow traveller, documenting where my feet take me and what catches my attention along the way - mostly here in Manhattan. No set-ups in my photography - I love the happy accidents of candids. Sometimes a series of photos happen but rarely do I set out to "take" a certain kind of picture or topic. It's true, my photography has evolved but not as a conscious endeavor. Even my work as a freelance photographer for The New York Post was based on being in the right place at the right time or assignments to keep my eye out for trends.
Some credentials: I am an elected Exhibiting Member of The National Arts Club and an elected Artist Member The Society of Illustrators, The Author's Guild, the historic Dutch Treat Club, and The Graphic Artist's Guild - all here in Manhattan.
Most recently, my paintings were shown at The National Arts Club in December, 2009 in an exhibit, On Home Ground (see Links for YouTube video of the show). I have an upcoming exhibit at The Society of Illustrators Member's Gallery for December, 2011 featuring my new work of line illustration for essays and short stories I've recently written.
I began my professional life as a graphic designer at the Indiana University School of Journalism, Bloomington, IN; then as a designer, editor and illustrator at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. My portfolio has distinctive and noted college and university publications from Penn State, and Lehigh Universities; Lafayette and Muhlenberg Colleges; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Storyboards for Jim Henson Associates, Young & Rubicam, and Zanders Animation Studio punctuated my career in New York after college; published writing and illustration for Macmillan Publishers, The Society of Illustrators as a freelancer.
For more information, contact me at njburackarts@aol.com.
