A native New Yorker,  I'm a graduate of Tottenville HS, Staten Island; Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA;  and Syracuse University  for my Master's in Illustration.  Not always a resident of New York, I have also lived and worked in Philadelphia, the Lehigh Valley, PA and Bloomington, IN.

I'm best known for my work as an editor,writer, illustrator, designer and photographer in college and university publications and have a portfolio of hundreds of published works from Temple, Indiana, Lehigh and Penn State Universities; Muhlenberg and Lafayette College, and Pratt Institute.  My noted work from these institutions included awards from CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education), the Philadelphia Neographics Association, and Women in Communications (Philadelphia Chapter). Agencies here in Manhattan: Young & Rubicam, Jim Henson Productions, Zanders Animation Studio, and Macmillan Publishers  hired me as a freelance illustrator or storyboard artist.  I work  as a freelance photographer for The New York Post. 

All these years, I toted my 35mm camera with me everywhere.  In the advent of great scanners, computer programs, and digital cameras; I began experimenting with favorite phtographs, some taken years ago, the majority recently, and the results are here. 

Most of my photos tell a story about Manhattan, but not always, as you'll see.  I also live and work in Florida and Long Island, NY.   My photography has been another form of expression without much attention given to it by me or anyone else since I took pictures as a habit.  The work was mainly for my own enjoyment or for research as an illustrator (go to www.nancyburack.com  to see this work).  It's a surprise to me more than anyone else that my photography sends a different message for viewers than my painting or drawing.

Contact: njburackarts@aol.com

(Photo taken 8.01.08)