Gary Heller Personal Information

Gary was born in Columbia, South Carolina and raised in Brooklyn, New York where he currently resides. At an early age his creative spark was kindled by his mother, who is an artist. As a young boy, he can remember sitting by her side as she worked on her next painting. She would explain to him the how and why's of what it was she was doing.

Throughout the years he spent countless hours drawing, painting, model building, designing and crafting furniture, playing guitar in clubs and attending New York Technical College and trade schools. His interest in the technical aspect of things was apparent.

Gary's photography has often been described by his peers with such adjectives as "unusual,"  "dark,"  "foreboding,"  "unique”. A fellow photographer and friend has used the term  "pleasantly strange".

Gary is a self-taught photographer and finds the medium to best fit his needs and vision.