Eugene Pinkowski

Eugene Pinkowski,born in 1954, became intrigued by his father's Polaroid-Land Camera at the age of seven. Seeing recent events captured as tiny black+white images, within minutes, fascinated him.
Pinkowski continued taking "snapshots' whenever he could with whatever cameras he could access.Considered a prodigy in mathematics, he saw the photographic image as an equation.Being the first member of his family to attend college, and intended to become a lawyer.
Upon entering UCLA, Pinkowski never considered a career in photography, film, or "The Arts", until he enrolled in a mandatory art history class.He excelled in this forum of bold expressions through the use of paint,paper, cement, metal,marble,rubber;a world of endless possibility.This was then Pinkowski immersed himself in the photographic process.Focusing on Black + White film, as "it was all I could afford..color film was so expensive", he built a darkroom in his apartment and taught himself how to develop,print, and retouch.
Pinkowski idolized Norman Seeff,Irving Penn, Avedon, Hurrell, Helmut Newton. He found the listing for Norman Seeff's Studio, and called him and asked him to "be honest and tell me if I have any talent".Seeff's response:"Fascinating images..nobody's doi...