My interest in photography began as a teenager in Brooklyn, a short train-ride away from Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art with its large collection of urban photography. Years later, having earned a doctorate in Urban Studies, and held various professorships, I joined my husband, himself an amateur photographer and an academic, in Vestal NY. Rather than remain an adjunct at the local university, I switched to photography, gaining in 2013-2015 accreditation from the New York Institute of Photography and from Professional Photographers of America Certification and a Master Degree. Before the death of my husband in 2024, I ran a small photography studio in portraiture and architecture. My major work involves character studies of “down-and-outs” in the city and historic architecture, with an approach that is photo-realistic within the confines of artistic rendering. I am proud to have participated in two Museum Projects of the American Society of Photographers.
Louis Mendes. PPA Award Image
Lucky Strike. PPA Award Image
If Only Wishing Could Make It So. PPA Award Image
Call Waiting. PPA Award Image
Jivin'. PPA Award Image
Route 66. PPA Award Image
I Won't Give Up. PPAAward Image
Don't Take My Stuff. PPAAward Image
Good Morning Honey. PPAAward Image
Fear. PPA Award Image
Vodka In My Veins. PPA Award Image
Doggone Bus Is Late. PPA Award Image
Trouble Brewing At Devil's Den. PPA Award Image
I Messed Up. PPAAwardImage
Forsaken. PPA Award Image. Part of the ASP's Museum 2025 Project "Maker's Muse"
Addict. PPA Award Image. An ASP Medallion Award
Endurance. PPA Award Image
Exuberance. PPA Award Image
Harlem Lunchtime. PPA Award Image. Part of ASP"s Museum Project "Resonance"
Invisible Soul. PPA Award Image
Resolute. PPA Award Image
Cold In Jail. PPA Award Image
Becoming A Lily Rose. PPA Award Image
O the Lookout. PPA Image Award
Lily of the Incas. PPA Award Image
Grace of the Lily Rose. PPA Award Image
Staredown. PPA Award Image
Portrait of a Young One-
Eyed Man. PPA Award Image
Winter's Drawing. PPA Award Image
Bicycle Thief. PPA Award Image
At Home. PPA Award Image
Nancy Basmann Photography
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