Bob Hudak was born in New York City on July 22, 1960. He lived in New York until 1964 when his family moved to Ft. Lauderdale. A longtime childhood interest in aviation led to Hudak earning his pilots license at the age of eighteen. At nineteen he purchased his own plane to pursue his desire to own and operate an aircraft charter company. The following four and a half years were spent mainly in flying throughout Florida and the islands of the Bahamas.

In 1983 a photographer friend introduced Hudak to the work of Edward Weston. With growing disillusionment in his occupational choice as an air taxi operator this exposure to photography would have a profound effect on his future as a career pilot.

Teaching himself photography, Hudak in 1984 began working for various publications mainly on travel photography and supplying stock agencies with photos for advertising as well as editorial use. Future commercial work would include Architectural and Yacht photography as well as Aerial photography assignments.

In 1994, Hudak decided to leave the world of commercial photography entirely to concentrate on his own, more personal and creative vision. With his love of the outdoors and the earlier influence of Weston, Hudak turned his attention to black and white landscape photography, which for the past thirteen years has been his sole means of photographic expression. Working with an 8 x 10 view camera and printing in a conventional "wet" darkroom his photographs are centered on the landscape and abstracts of the natural world

Select Bibliography:

Landscapes Developing Style in Creative Photography, Published by Rotovision, 2000- Contributing Photographer

Camera Craft, Black & White, Published by AVA, 2003 - Contributing Photographer

The World's Top Photographers, Landscape, Published by Rotovison, 2003 - Contributing Photographer

Black & White Photography Magazine, Issue # 53 December 2005, Portfolio

Silvershotz Magazine, Volume 3 - Edition 5 - 2006, Profile, From Aviator To Fine Art Photographer

Focus Magazine, Issue 4, Volume 1. Nov./Dec. 2005, Portfolio

 

 

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