The Story
Victor Gagliardi grew up competing. A captain of the SUNY Albany wrestling team, he was named Athlete of the Year and placed third in New York State Collegiate Wrestling — the same qualities of attention, precision, and persistence that defined his athletic career now shape how he sees and photographs the world.
He opened Gagliardi Photo Collection at 39 Hudson Ave in Nyack in 2009, building it from a single gallery into an operation that spans fine art sales, large-scale corporate installations, self-published books distributed to 1,600+ retailers in 8 countries, and an active Latin dance studio.
His three published books — the Images to Words series — pair full-page color photographs with philosophical writing on love, work, happiness, and how to live. They have been purchased by institutions including Young & Rubicam (175 copies) and Oprah Winfrey (10 copies), and reviewed as books that reward returning to.
In 2014, Victor created "The Business of Art," an eight-week workshop series for artists covering the practical skills most art programs don't teach: managing rejection, financial organization, building relationships, presenting work, negotiating, and writing proposals.