Since 1965 I’ve been in the dark… darkroom that is.

From the age of 9 with my Kodak Instamatic, given to me from my Swedish born grandfather, I’ve been hooked. I remember going to the basement of my grandpa’s vintage Brooklyn brownstone, There, amazingly aside from the coal pile and furnace to heat the apartments above was – the darkroom. There, my images began and emerged.
     Maybe my choice of equipment has changed, from that small click and shoot – but the feeling hasn’t changed. Today it’s as real as when I took my first picture at the New York Worlds Fair.  I grew up an image traditionalist, appreciating the master works from Edward Weston among others where the depth of image, surface and art are interwoven. Texture and tone play a dance – and such a song with my camera I have a passion to orchestrate, for myself and others.

     Bill Nyman has been a practicing professional photographer and fine artist for over thirty five years. He acquired his Bachelors of Fine Arts (1978) and Masters of Fine Arts (1980) degrees from Long Island University (NY). While at LIU he studied under prominent photographer Arthur Leipzig (MOMA/Family of Man, Met/Photography as a Fine Art and numerous others to date).

Concerned with the state of the arts, Bill has taught at Parsons School of Design (NYC), Kean University (NJ) and since 1986, at The College of New Jersey, where he is a Professor Emeritus having taught both digital and traditional photography as well as graphic design.