About Me

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Sherry has been immersed in photography, dance, theater and music since childhood, Sherry enthusiastically states, “ART has been my life.” I essentially grew up in the darkroom, as well as on and off the stage. Her Father was a professional, award winning photographer, as well as a leader in New Jersey theater as a director, actor, and filmmaker. Her Mother, founder of the NJ State Teen Arts Festival and Institute for Arts and Humanities.

As a young girl, while participating in CAPA, the Creative and Performing Arts camp created by her Mother, She was introduced to a wide variety of visual arts, dance, theater, and music on a daily basis for ten summers. After attending Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University as a Dance and Theater major; she worked with the Institute for Arts & Humanities holding a variety of positions for a period over 10 years.

Although Sherry photographs Music, Theater and Events, her passion is portraits, documenting the stories within a face. She aims to create her own personal and unique style, capturing not just a moment in time, but the spirit within. Currently she works as staff photographer for the award winning Crossroads Theater as well as freelances for patch.com.

"I was in awe of the magic that happened in the darkroom. While my dad loved landscapes and Ansel Adams, I loved Diane Arbus and her pictures of strange and unusual people". After a trip to South America in the mid 70s I realized my passion was to travel and photograph the depth and character of people."

Sherry's photography work has been exhibited in and around NJ. A collection of 25 "Living Legacies" portraits was purchased for permanent exhibition at the Actors' Fund Home in Englewood NJ and her South America portraits are in a variety of private collections in New Jersey , Florida , New York and Pennsylvania .

Photography by Sherry Rubel

About Me