We are pleased to welcome Herb Kaplan to our Gallery 505 with his stunning exhibit "Nature Close Up".
"Beginning in the early 2000s, in addition to taking photos to record my travels with my wife Leah in the U.S. and abroad, I began to take pictures of nature, scenery and landscapes.
In recent years, I have become more conscious of taking photographs of flowers and plants very close up, both on vacations and close to home, especially at Wave Hill and New York Botanical Garden. And I have become more interested in the visual effect of the pictures I take, moving much closer in to capture the mystery, the intimacy, the sensuality in nature. In some cases, my intention is to take a photo of an object and crop it in such a way that the viewer might not immediately recognize what it is.
My photographs have been exhibited at my synagogue in Manhattan (SAJ), Gallery 18 at Riverdale Y, Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, and KRVC Art at Amalgamated annual exhibit." Herb
Herb grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut, received an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. In between, he served two years in the US Navy as a Lieutenant (jg) aboard an aircraft carrier. He then pursued a career in business, both in the corporate world and as an independent consultant. He now lives in Riverdale. HerbKaplanPhotography.com
