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      JACK M KUCY - VISUAL EXPERT
      PHOTOGRAPHY, IMAGE MANIPULATION,
      PUBLICATION PREPARATION, VIDEO, AND DRONE STILLS AND VIDEO.

      JACK KUCY (born: Jacek Mikolaj Kucy) IS A SEASONED PHOTOGRAPHER WHO SPECIALIZES IN THE ARCHITECTURAL / INTERIORS PHOTOGRAPHY, AS WELL AS STILL LIFE AND TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY. DURING HIS CAREER HE GAINED EXPERIENCE IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY, FROM ARCHEOLOGICAL PHOTOGRAPHY - WHILE WORKING FOR AN ARCHEOLOGICAL CENTER IN EGYPT, THROUGH STILL LIFE AND PHOTOGRAPHY OF ART - WHILE WORKING FOR 10 YEARS AS A STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER AT SOTHEBY'S NEW YORK, TO THE ARCHITECTURAL / INTERIORS PHOTOGRAPHY - WHILE WORKING FREELANCE FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND DESIGN FIRMS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL DESIGNERS.
      ALTHOUGH DURING THE MOST OF HIS CAREER HE CREATED IMAGES USING THE 4X5 VIEW CAMERAS (AND FILM), SINCE THE DAWN OF THE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY HE EMBRACED THIS MEDIUM SUCCESSFULLY. ACQUIRED AT SOTHEBY'S HIGH UNDERSTANDING OF COLOR AND IT'S PARTICULARITIES RESULTED IN THE EASE OF MIXING OF THE AVAILABLE LIGHT WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCES, TO ENHANCE NEEDED TO BE ENHANCED SUBJECTS.
      HIS EXCELLENT COMPUTER SKILLS HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY HONED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE DIGITAL ERA. HIS IMAGES ARE CREATED WITH THE UTMOST CARE FOR THE DETAIL QUALITY AND THE COLOR ACCURACY ALSO TAKING IN THE EQUATION THE CLIENT'S EXPECTATIONS AND PREFERENCES. THIS CARE HELPS THE DESIGNS CREATED BY HIS CLIENTS TO BE PROPERLY SUBMITTED TO THE DESIGN COMPETITIONS AND OFTEN WIN THEM.
      HIS IMAGE EDITING SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE VARIOUS LAYOUT SOFTWARE HELPS CREATING THE PERFECT PUBLICATIONS.

SINCE 2021 HE IS A FAA CERTIFIED DRONE PILOT - PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS.

PLEASE CALL FOR AN ESTIMATE:
                    917.991.2096                    NEW YORK, NY

ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY / INTERIORS

AFTER 10 YEARS AT SOTHEBY'S NEW YORK, IN 1999 JACK KUCY CHOSE TO INITIATE HIS INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHIC CAREER.

ALSO IN THIS YEAR HE GOT ACCEPTED TO THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHERS (ASMP.ORG), WHICH HE LEFT IN 2021.

HE HAS BEEN DRAWN TO ARCHITECTURE DURING ALL THE PREVIOUS YEARS. HE SHOT FOR SOTHEBY'S A LOT OF INTERIORS ASSIGNMENTS (WITH CLIENT'S COLLECTIONS). HE STARTED SPECIALIZING IN ARCHITECTURAL / INTERIORS PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHING PROJECTS FOR ARCHITECTURAL COMPANIES, INTERIOR DECORATORS AND DESIGNERS, BOTH FROM THE NEW YORK CITY AND BEYOND.

HIS VAST EXPERIENCE WITH THE VIEW CAMERAS (IN FILM ERA) HELPED HIM TO MASTER THIS SUBJECT VERY WELL UNDERSTANDING THE CLIENTS' NEEDS. HIS EXCELLENT COMPUTER SKILLS (BOTH MACINTOSH AND PC) HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY HONED SINCE VERY EARLY DAYS OF THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION.

HE HAS WORKED ON CANON PLATFORM SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE FULL FRAME SENSOR, BUT AT THE END OF 2013 INTRODUCED A NIKON D800 TO HIS ARSENAL, AS WELL, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PARTICULARITIES OF BOTH SYSTEMS. THE EASE OF MASTERING THE NEW PROGRAMS, AND ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL COMPUTER, AND PHOTOGRAPHIC SKILLS GUARANTEES THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF THE IMAGES CREATED BY HIM.

FROM APRIL 2021, JACK M KUCY IS ALSO A FAA CERTIFIED REMOTE PILOT (DRONE OPERATOR). DRONE PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES.

SOTHEBY'S YEARS

IN 1989 HE APPLIED FOR A POSITION OF STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER TO SOTHEBY'S NEW YORK, AND GOT ACCEPTED, WHAT STARTED THE 10 YEARS LONG ADVENTURE WITH ART AND ANTIQUES.

HE WORKED WITH MANY SOTHEBY'S DEPARTMENTS, BUT MOSTLY WITH: FRENCH AND CONTINENTAL, ENGLISH FURNITURE, AMERICAN, EUROPEAN WORKS OF ART, 19TH CENTURY GARDEN FURNITURE AS WELL AS CONTEMPORARY ART.

HE CREATED IMAGES FOR THE CATALOGS, AS WELL AS THE ADVERTISEMENTS. HE WAS SENT TO SHOOT THE ART COLLECTIONS IN THE ORIGINAL INTERIORS, TO THE LOCATIONS ALL OVER THE USA AND BEYOND.

HE APPLIED HIS SKILLS AT THAT TIME ALSO FREELANCING FOR SOME OF THE NEW YORK GALLERIES AND LATER ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS.

AT THE SAME TIME HIS PRIVATE ART PROJECTS RESULTED IN THE ART EXHIBITIONS IN NEW YORK CITY AND BEYOND (LIKE GALLUP, NM) - SOME OF THESE ART PROJECTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING IN THE 'ART PROJECTS' SECTION.

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ON THE LEFT:
A PHOTOGRAPH OF JACK KUCY WITH SOME OF HIS CAMERAS, STANDING AGAINST THE WALL OF THE CATALOG COVERS SHOT BY HIM.

ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE EARLY YEARS

WHEN STILL IN COLLEGE AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS HE WAS INVOLVED IN A JAZZ CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY (ACCREDITED BY THE 'JAZZ ON ODRA' FESTIVAL (WROCLAW, PL) - WHICH RESULTED IN A SERIES OF INDIVIDUAL SHOWS, BEGINNING IN 1981.

       SHORTLY AFTER THE GRADUATION FROM A PHOTOGRAPHIC COL- LEGE (IN 1981) HE WON A COMPETITION FOR A POSITION OF THE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE POLISH CENTER OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN CAIRO, EGYPT.
      RESULTING FROM IT CONTRACT BROUGHT HIM CLOSE TO THE ANCIENT CULTURES, AND OPENED HIS EYES ON THE WORLD MONUMENTS, AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THESE PARTS OF THE WORLD.
       HE TRAVELED THROUGH EGYPT, THE SUDAN AND CYPRUS, COVERING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEEDS OF THE COUNTLESS EXCAVATIONS IN THE REGION, FOR 2 YEARS, BETWEEN 1984 AND 1986.

AFTER A YEAR SPENT IN ITALY AND RELOCATING TO THE US, HE IMMERSED HIMSELF IN A COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY (STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER AT SOTHEBY'S FROM 1989, AND LATER AS A FREELANCE FOR THE ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS).

IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM, YEARS AFTER HIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTRACT ENDED, HE STARTED TRAVELING TO EGYPT AGAIN - THIS TIME WORKING ON A SMALL SCALE PRESERVATION PROJECTS WITHIN THE EXCAVATIONS, IN MAREA, NEAR ALEXANDRIA, EG (AS AN INDEPENDENT TEAM WITH - HIS ARCHITECT WIFE).

(PLEASE SEE THE 'SELECTED PROJECTS' SECTION).

EXPLANATION OF CHARGES & LICENSING:

ASSIGNMENT charge consists of the CREATIVE FEE, and the PRODUCTION FEE.

CREATIVE FEE covers the time of the photographer, and the LICENSING FEE of the images shot at that time.

LICENSING FEE depends on the usage of the images by the client. Most of the architectural clients receive a comprehensive license allowing them to use the commisioned images for a variety of use - including:
- any sort of publication excluding only 'paid advertising', which has to be negotiated additionally.
- web site usage
- all editorial usage
- submissions to all sorts of design competitions.
EXCLUDED from the license is a 'third party usage (commercial)' - it has to be negotiated by the 'third party' with the photographer.

Two or more clients may join forces and commission the shoot together. In such case only the Creative Fee is aumented, when the Production Fee remains the same. (for the 2nd participants - the increase in Creative Fee is %50, and %25 for the each additional participant). This way the final cost PER PARTY is significantly reduced. Multi-party agreement should be negotiated before the assignment is conducted.

PRODUCTION FEE consists of the charges covering the assistant, transport, as well as processing the images, according to the time spent on the processing and retouching of the images.

Please call for the estimate of your particular project.
Jack Kucy provides services in the Interiors Photography, the Exteriors Photography (including images taken from very tall tripods to avoid the traffic, and very long facades), as well as the Progress Photography.