TIME MACHINE
Vintage Works by Robert Zuckerman
The work represented in TIME MACHINE is my version of being a ‘kid in a candy store,” such was the experience of discovery, magic and promise. As a young, shy, inhibited boy, the camera early on held great appeal to me. It was a magic box with the power to create images, and it had the power, for me, to access and connect the inner and the outer worlds. I first really got into photography while a student at Berkeley in the ‘70’s. There were two main fields of interest for me. One was the outer world, which consisted of urban and suburban landscapes. Here, through composition, lighting, perspective and printing technique, I was able to show ordinary scenes in a super-real way, somehow unleashing the magic and power of the world through the photographic process. I did this both in daylight and at night, where I would use long exposures and/or flash to similarly call forth the inherent magic of an otherwise mundane scene.
The other field was the inner world, explored and manifested through in-camera multiple exposure and light-painting techniques. Here I was able to do things like morphing body parts – mine and others’ – with inanimate objects like chairs, books and TV sets.
Most of these images have been filed away for decades, and now, as I reconnect with them, I find that they have taken on an added dimension of power and meaning.
Robert Zuckerman’s “TIME MACHINE”. As a photographer in the motion picture industry, Robert Zuckerman’s images have become the advertising and publicity campaigns for such films as “The Crow,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Any Given Sunday,” “Training Day,” “Terminator 3,” “Bad Boys 2” and “National Treasure” among others, as well as television series including “The Shield” and “Nip/Tuck.” He has done recent album cover and movie poster photography for Will Smith and last year was invited to be the personal photographer for the family of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz. Focusing on the richness of everyday life, his book “Kindsight” is a collection of photographs with text by the artist. These are some of many accomplishments of the artist.
