Marc Yankus creative portrait photography

I am especially fascinated with the city in its rare moments of tranquility "as it sinks into slumber, as it rouses itself to face a new day.  At such times the city is all abstraction "looming shapes, diffused light, spectral shadows.  In these moments of transient repose, when its elements are briefly cloaked in softness, a kind of beauty envelops even the most mundane street scenes… and my work aims to capture that ineluctable quality. This process of superimposing the old on the new serves as a metaphor for my wider conceptual interests, because my newest works "which are hushed and introspective, and which can be touched with melancholy "are, ultimately, reflections of the past, of my past, and of the passage of time. marcyankus.com Marc Yankus' fine art and published experience span a period of more than three decades. His work has been included in exhibitions at The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York; Exit Art, New York City; The Library of Congress, Washington, DC; and ClampArt, New York City. Yankus' artwork has graced the covers of books by Salman Rushdie, Philip Roth, and Alan Hollinghurst, among many others. His images have also been used for theatrical posters for such acclaimed Broadway shows as Jane Eyre; August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom; and John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize winning play, Doubt. Additionally, Yankus' photographs have appeared both on the covers and inside the pages of numerous publications ranging from The Atlantic Monthly to Photo District News. [...]