Artist Statement – Jeffrey Hughes

I photograph to bridge the seen and the felt—to honor the beauty that lingers in wild silence, shifting skylines, and the expressions of humanity itself. Whether I’m capturing the tender stillness of a deer at dawn, the solemn rhythm of rusted iron in a cityscape, or the soft defiance in a stranger’s eyes, my lens seeks poetry in every form.

My work spans the natural and the constructed, the fleeting and the timeless:

• Nature and wildlife remind us of the world’s quiet resilience.

• Landscapes offer geometry shaped by wind and time.

• Cityscapes echo with human ambition and forgotten stories.

• Portraits are intimate negotiations between presence and vulnerability.

Each image is built on discipline—on light, line, and patience—but also on surrendering to instinct. In every genre I explore, my aim is constant: to create work that resonates deeply, lingers quietly, and leaves the viewer changed.

These aren’t just photographs. They’re moments of reverence, fragments of stillness, captured with intention.

 

CLIENTS:

 

                                          Adams & Adams Attorneys at Law

                                          Brooks Estate House

                                          Calvary United Methodist Pre-School

                                         City of Uniontown

                                         David & Davis Attorneys at Law 

                                         DeGusipe Real Estate

                                         Fayette County Career Technical Institute

                                        Fayette County Commissioners Office

                                        Fayette County Chamber of Commerce

                                        Fayette County Historical Society

                                       Fayette County Law Library

                                       Fay-Penn Economic Development

                                       From Scratch Uniontown

                                       Fruit Hill Farms

                                       Gibson Thomas Engineering

                                       GO Laurel Highlands Visitor Bureau

                                       Great Meadows Garden Club

                                       Hilton Garden Inn Uniontown

                                       Howard Hanna Real Estate

                                       McClure & Wolfe CPA

                                       Rizz's Restaurant

                                       Roosters Roost Restaurant

                                       Somerset Bank and Trust

                                       The 1848 Bed & Breakfast Vito's Tea Room

                                       Vandalia Heritage Foundation

                                       Visit Ligonier

                                       Watson Estate Bed & Breakfast and Deer Creek Winery

                                       YMCA Uniontown