<body> <h1>Portraits | Editorial, Commercial | Fine Art | New York Photographer | Murcko</h1> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8"> <tr> <td align="left" class="links"><a href="/index.html"><span class="links"><a href="/index.html" target="_top"><font color="#999999">Home</font></a></span> <span class="links"> <a href="/portfolio.html?folio=Portfolio" target="_top"><font color="#999999">Portfolio</font></a> </span> <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=1" target="_top"><font color="#999999">About Murcko</font></a></span> <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=3" target="_top"><font color="#666666"><b>Artist Statement</b></font></a></span> <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=7" target="_top"><font color="#999999"><a href="http://murcko.tumblr.com" target="_new"><font color="#3786DF">Blog</font></a></font></a></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"> </td> </tr> </table> <h1>Artist Statement | Portraits | Editorial, Commercial | Fine Art | New York Photographer | Murcko</h1></span><br> <div> <p> <span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><u>Factory Nudes</u></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="" src="/users/DavidMurcko3279/Image/valentine_escape150.jpg" style="width: 109px; height: 150px; float: left; margin: 7px 3px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid;" /><span style="font-size:16px;">The Factory Nudes series was conceived and photographed in a historic 1870s textile factory north of New York City. </span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The factory, once the largest of it's kind when it was operational, is over 170,000 square feet with original pine floors, 20-foot ceilings and 40-inch thick sandblasted brick walls. My studio is located in the factory and there is a magical quality to the architecture and space. </span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">As I grow and develop as a photographer, I realize that portraiture is my passion. Photographing the nude and incorporating the factory's unique environment seemed like a natural progression for me. With strong influences from photographers like Greg Gorman, Herb Ritts, Mark Seliger and Man Ray, the challenge was to create a body of work that was authentic, truthful and original. I learned that trust, respect and creative collaboration with my models made the work special and took it to another level - something far better than I could have achieved alone.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <div> David Murcko is a New York based photographer specializing in editorial and commercial portraiture, and fine art photography. </body>