Gary Saretzky

Gary Saretzky is a photographer focused on a wide range of interests, including portraits, landscape, street photography, photograms, and musicians during performances. In his photographs of blues musicians, he tries to capture the intense emotion from the musicians. His photographs have been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in New Jersey as well as Pennsylvania.

Influences
Influences include Saretzky's mother and fellow photographer ,Anya Westermann Saretzky, as well as photographers including William Henry Fox Talbot, Carleton Watkins, Alfred Stieglitz, Dorothea Lange, Minor White, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Andre Kertesz, Robert Frank, W. Eugene Smith, Josef Koudelka, Josef Sudek, Bruce Davidson, Alex Webb, Louis H. Draper, Louise Rosskam.

Education and Training
University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1968
Thomas A. Edison State College, studying photography, Trenton, New Jersey, 1986
Certifies Archivist, Society of American Archivists, 1989

Colleagues and Organizations
Colleagues at Mercer County Community College included William Barksdale, Louis H. Draper, Eric Kunsman, and Michael Chovan-Dalton. Collegue at Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey) was Kenneth Kaplowitz. Formerly Public Relations Director, Trenton Artists Workshop Association (TAWA), and chaired TAWA committee arranging exchanges of artists and art exhibitions with the Union of Soviet Artists. Contributor of articles to The Photo Review (Langhorne, PA) directed by Stephen Perloff. Former member, Society for Photographic Education. Listed, Who's Who in American Art and Macmillan Biographical Encyclopedia of Photographic Artists and Innovators.

Connection to Bucks County
Attended many events sponsored by the Bucks County Blues Society featuring both local musicians and bands from across the country for more than 15 years. Also attended many performances in Bucks County not sponsored by the Society. Has many exhibits of this body of work, including in Bucks County. Self-published two books of photos of blues musicians, including many living or performing in Bucks County.

Selected Bucks County Solo Exhibitions
Industrious, Philadelphia, "Photographs by Gary Saretzky", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2018
J.B. Kline & Son Gallery, “Blues Musicians” Lambertville, New Jersey, 2011
Levittown Public Library,“Bucks County Blues Society Rhythm & Blues Picnics” Levittown, Pennsylvania, 2011
Levittown Regional Library, "Bucks County Blues: Photographs by Gary Saretzky", Levittown, Pennsylvania, 2008

Selected Bucks County Group Exhibitions
Bristol Centre for the Arts, "Music Photography", Bristol, Pennsylvania, 2018
J.B. Kline & Son Gallery, Lambertville, New Jersey, 2013

Major Collections
Blues Archives, Special Collections, University of Mississippi Library, Oxford Mississippi
Trentoniana Collection, Trenton Free Public Library, Trenton, NJ