Yecheskel Schwab – Designer

Yecheskel Schwab is a full time artist based in New York who focuses on photography. He often merges aspects of painting, collage, textiles, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and photography. Yecheskel documents the human condition, the natural world and urban life through storytelling. He juxtaposes the uncontrollability of life, which everyone experiences, with the serenity that can be found in nature. He investigates these effects through photos and synthesizes this into artwork. His street photography bears witness to this complex paradigm and his mixed media art attempts to tell its story.
Yecheskel “Charlie” Schwab started working three dimensionally while immersed in film photography by learning historical photographic printing processes at the New York University in NYC.
Photography and his personal growth are intertwined. After two decades of commitment with large format photography that requires a paced and meditative method, Yecheskel Schwab decided to return to a more instinctual approach using 35 mm cameras. In the past, he had chosen to photograph static subjects in isolation, now he allows himself to the abandon of life’s rhythm, and seek beauty in the energy of people’s existence. His aim with this work is not to highlight specific social issues, as much as to explore the universality of the human condition as I sense the spiritual thread that underscores Life in its breadth.
His creative motivation stems from shooting mostly in available light, as well as a study of the way light, or the lack of light, can transform the atmosphere of a scene. For Yecheskel “Charlie” Schwab, this transformation also signifies depth, taking the mundane and transforming it into something dramatic. His appreciation of light and the way it transforms people and objects encourages his expression as an artist, revealing and penetrating each time he creates an image that compels and draws from the soul.

For more than 10 years, Yecheskel Schwab has been an accomplished fine artist, with talents in both photography art and traditional watercolor painting. With a B.A. in Art from the New York University, Yecheskel draws upon his extensive art knowledge and education to create innovative designs and artwork.
Yecheskel Schwab is a graduate of NYC's prestigious New York University. As a painter and photographer he has been concerned with using a refined and exacting technique as a way of achieving his imagery. His art and photography has been exhibited in over 30 academic and commercial art galleries. Yecheskel “Charlie” Schwab has successfully transitioned from "traditional" darkroom practices and now embraces the art of fine digital printing. His work first is about refinement with a surreal edge.