J-F Vergel

J-F VERGEL is a Paris born, New York City based photographer. Self-taught, his work has been shown in solo and group shows in NYC.

Also a professional guitarist and songwriter, he has played and performed in numerous punk and rock-n-roll bands since the mid-1970s. Documenting early tours started him shooting photographs and since 2007, he has focused on a full-time career in photography.

J-F VERGEL is well-versed in both film and digital photography. His on-going project Quiétudes is a series of B&W photographs shot on 35mm film that have been described as, “fierce poetry of the moment somehow too quickly passed; like memento mori for the twenty-first century ,” by art historian Marianne Eggler.

J-F VERGEL explores the aesthetic boundaries of motion and color in digital photography, evidenced in his visionary series New York Noises. In his project Web Cam Performers, he uses the medium to dramatic effect by exploiting the simultaneous social connection and disconnection of the wired world by shooting the views of live web cams.

Self taught.

Solo show of Web Cam Performers series at the prestigious NORWOOD CLUB in New York City.

Included in two CURATE NYC galleries curated by Chad Stayrook of the Bronx River Art Center and by Kira Pollack, photography editor at TIME Magazine.

Two photos from the Web Cam Performers series exhibited in the NEW YORK PHOTO FESTIVAL’s juried “Provocation” show.

Chosen to participate in CURATE NYC’s Emerging Artist Show at RUSH GALLERY.

Solo exhibition of Quiétudes at the SMV GALLERY in NYC.

Group exhibition at SMV GALLERY.

In addition to being exhibited and sold to collectors, his photographs have been used for book covers and in publications such as BIG MAGAZINE.