Hudson County - Hoboken - Tom Zuk Honors the Working People of Hoboken in "Work/Seven Portraits"
Upper Gallery Tom Zuk Honors the Working People of Hoboken in "Work/Seven Portraits" Photographer Tom Zuk earned his living mainly from a mix of corporate, editorial and travel assignments –– often giving CEOs and senior executives the full celebrity photo shoot treatment. For passion projects, however, Zuk applies the skills he’s honed over decades of street and studio photography to subjects he feels are more deserving of the attention, like the people who really make Hoboken tick. His latest series, “Work/Seven Portraits,” which opens Sunday, March 17, honors the work of people whose jobs are often classified by economists as “service” or “labor”: a nanny, a crossing guard, a waiter, a dog walker, a package deliverer. “As a photographer, for me to apply the same high level of attention –– technical, artistic –– to the people who posed for this series as I would apply to photo shoots with CEOs is my way of giving the former their due,” Zuk says. He explains: “It’s hardly ...