Cole Slutzky is a NYC based Director of Photography. He also dabbles in editorial and color correction.
Growing up in what is often translated as "the most beautiful new land", New Jersey provided Cole with true beauty in many forms. Spending summers at "The Shore", he was captivated by the ocean from an early age, swimming and surfing as much as possible. Wanting to spend even more time around the ocean, and science being his favorite subject to learn, he figured he would be a marine biologist. At 16 he traveled on a research trip to Belize studying manatees. While his love for science and oceans grew dramatically on that trip, it was photographing the experience, people, and travel that set off the lightbulb or flash tube... photography became everything,
He studied at THE Rochester Institute of Technology, where a tech focused curriculum made Cole fall in love with the intricacies of the studio. He often spent weekend long benders moving around c-stands and experimenting with light. In 2011, after 4 short years, the cold soulless hands of reality and adulthood handed Cole a diploma and forced him from academia to work commercially in the urban jungle of NYC.
Still drawn by the enchanting pull of the ocean, Cole loves to film surfing and ocean related content...and can be hard to reach with a hurricane in the vicinity. In the little time not doing camera or ocean things...or being forced to sleep, he can be found working in the garden or reading through books about climate, meteorology and oceanography. He prefers "al Dente" music...something with that spice...
email: slutzky@coleslutzky.com