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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Veronica L. Yankowski has been a professional photographer for thirteen years. Most of that time has been dedicated to photojournalism by working with several of the top news organizations in the area including The Associated Press, The Star Ledger, and The New York Times. She has accumulated over 20 awards for her work from such organizations as the New Jersey Press Photographers Association the New Jersey Press Association and the Suburban Newspapers of America. Her most heralded works include her pictorial essay on the aftermath of September 11th and her collection of environmental portraiture.
With interest beginning in her high school years, she kept her love for the art with her through college at Rider University where she graduated cum laude in 1996 with a degree in Journalism. During these years, she worked for the school yearbook and newspaper as well as the school photographer. She was then given the first ever solo exhibit at the university which contained her photo essay on the Million Man March in Washington, DC. After graduation, she began working part-time for The Trentonian. By 1998, she began freelancing for several other news organizations which led to a staff position with Greater Media Newspapers, Freehold, in 2001. While there, her talents began to receive recognition and she was able to express herself with her photography more creatively through several award-winning photo essays. One of the most interesting featured a high school wrestler with amputated legs.
After the tragedy of September 11th, 2001, she went to New York City to photograph the aftermath of the disaster. Accompanied by two Port Authority Officers, she was escorted to Ground Zero to photograph what was left of the World Trade Center and to document the work of police officers and firefighters working 24 hours a day in search of survivors. This essay along with her other more artistic works found her a publishing contract. Muse Productions published the book "Dialogue 3" in 2002. This led to exhibitions of her work across the state at such venues as the Strand Theater in Lakewood, NJ, and the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center, Monmouth Beach, NJ, to name a few.
In 2003, Chiarascuro Photography was born, a fine art portraiture photography business. The style blends a dramatic journalist style approach with a softer, more humanistic view of maternity, babies, childhood and other related moments of life. While she still continues to freelance throughout the state for several newspapers while running her business, most of her time is focused on her 2 1/2 year old daughter, Anastasia, and husband Gregory.
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