JOHN PINDERHUGHES

John Pinderhughes has been a working photographer for over 50 years.  He has worked as a commercial photographer in New York City for more than 50 years; operating his own full service studio for the past 45 years.  At the same time he has been honored with a continuous series of shows over that period.

Pinderhughes’ commercial work can best be described as “real people” and “illustration” photography.  He numbers major advertising agencies, record companies, magazines and major corporations among his regular clients.  Recent projects include Con Edison, Publix Supermarkets, Sony, Verizon,  American Family  Insurance, BMW, Chase  Bank and Anheuser-Busch Companies, Canon, Columbia University, Prudential Insurance, American Express…

With multi-faceted interests, Pinderhughes has pursued both a commercial career and one in fine art  photography.  His striking images have garnered the recognition of both  commercial art directors and gallery / museum  curators, as well as  satisfying the  interests of their diverse and separate audiences. Pinderhughes’ talent and reputation for  excellence have been  recognized with many awards; including awards from The Art Director’s Club, Design competitions, The Clio Awards, The CEBA Awards, magazine competitions and others.

Pinderhughes’ fine art photography is not an appendage of his commercial work, but a separate Sphere of influence. His images explore variations in pattern, texture, light and line. He has been widely exhibited and is represented in major collections; including The Picker Art Gallery / Colgate University, The Museum Of Modern Art, The Studio Museum In Harlem, The Detroit Institute of Arts, The Ringling Museum.

Pinderhughes has been the recipient of numerous grants including recently The Katrina Media Fellowship from the Open Society Institute where he worked in post Katrina Louisiana.

Pinderhughes has been featured in numerous publications including: Nueva Luz Photographic Journal,  Photo District News, Reflections In Black: A History of Black Photographers by Deborah Willis;  Committed To The Image by The Brooklyn Museum; The Pleasures And Terrors Of Domestic Comfort by Peter Galassi / The Museum Of Modern Art, to name a few.

Pinderhughes in the author of a cookbook,  “Family OF The Spirit” (Simon & Schuster, 1990) four children’s books (McClanahan, 1999), “Coming Together” (Hyperion, 2003), a collaboration with author Harriette Cole and has others in the works.  Pinderhughes has served on the board of The Advertising Photographer’s Of America.  He currently serves on the board of the Long Island chapter of The Nature Conservancy. He has been a spokesperson for Canon cameras and printers as a Canon Explorer of Light.  He has been an adjunct professor of Photography at New York University.