Varnished pigment print paired with an artist-made frame, set inside of a vintage wooden box with laser engraved text.

L12” W9.75” H2”

Jefferson Hayman is an artist whose work explores the themes of nostalgia,

common symbols, and memory. Through a quiet minimalism, he invites the

viewer to partake in the narrative process in a way that is both intimate and

deeply personal.

Drawing from his education in the fine arts and his training in the art of frame-

making, Hayman approaches his work with a deep understanding of traditional

craftsmanship and a sense of artistic heritage whilst remaining tied to the present

through the timelessness of aesthetic simplicity. Through an understated

language of visual symbols and meditative studies, Hayman’s work manifests as

a visual journal chronicling transformation, discovery, and solitude, boldly

stripped of the extraneous. Each photograph is handcrafted as a silver gelatin,

platinum or pigment print, capturing a delicacy in tonality reminiscent of early

Pictorial photography as well as the subsequent modernism movement’s refined

interplay of light and shadow. Finished prints are paired with antique or artist-

made frames, meticulously custom-made by the artist, whose attention to the

unique attributes of each photograph imbues every piece with a completely

unique story and sense of personality.

Hayman’s work is found in numerous private and public collections, notably The

Museum of Modern Art Special Collections Library, The Boston Athenaeum, The

New York Public Library, the collection of Sir Elton John, and the collection of

Robert DeNiro, amongst many others.

In 2015 he was awarded the prestigious Pollock Krasner grant.

He lives and works in Nyack, New York, a small historic village minutes from the

heart of Manhattan.