Pinderhughes, Untitled, Young Man on Produce Truck, 1984, Photograph, Archival Pigment Print, Image courtesy of the artist.
Join us November 18 at 6 pm from the comfort of home for a live, interactive discussion via Facebook Live and Zoom with Dr. Alex Rich, Executive Director and Chief Curator, as he chats with renowned New York-based photographer John Pinderhughes! Learn about Pinderhughes' decades-long career, his rise in the commercial and fine art photography worlds, and the inspirations behind the works in our upcoming original exhibition, Finding Meaning Within: The Photography of John Pinderhughes, on view at the Polk Museum of Art from November 20, 2021 through February 24, 2022.
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About the Artist:
John Pinderhughes has worked as a commercial photographer in New York City for the past 35 years, operating his own full service studio. Advertising clients have included Con Edison, Verizon, Chase Bank, Anheuser Busch, BMW, American Family Insurance, Prudential Insurance, Ford Motors, JC Penney, Sears, McDonalds, Burger King, Coors, Pepsi, and Sony, to name a few. Editorial clients have included Black Enterprise, Food & Wine, Odyssey Couleur, Family Circle, Essence, The New York Times, and Scientific American. Pinderhughes has also managed to pursue a career in fine art, which includes numerous one-man shows. In addition to his forthcoming solo show at the Polk Museum of Art, his exhibition venues have included the Studio Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Bronx Museum, and Smithsonian Institution museums. Pinderhughes has received numerous awards and grants and is the author of a cookbook, Family of the Spirit (Simon & Schuster, 1990), six children’s books, and Coming Together (Hyperion, 2003), a collaboration with author Harriette Cole. Pinderhughes has served on the board of the Advertising Photographers Of America (NY) and has been an adjunct professor of photography in the Photo Department at New York University. He serves on the board of The Nature Conservancy (Long Island Chapter) and has been recognized as a Canon Print Master and Canon Explorer of Light. Pinderhughes lives in New York City with his wife Victoria.