Hacob’s work is rooted in the tradition of all things photographic.  A graduate of Art Center College of Design in Photography, Hacob started his twenty plus years career in photography as a commercial still life and product photographer, servicing advertising and editorial clients. His body of work is the culmination of his inquisitive photographic mind, technical excellence and his passion for light, color and composition.

While at first glance Hacob’s work seems bound to purely aesthetic issues in modernist discourse, references to life, nature, time and space are also plentiful. A good example of this artistic blend is his “Drag Auteur” series, which consists of exposing the camera to various light forms while dragging and moving it in different directions and at multiple time exposures. This technique has yielded extensive possibilities in color, form and composition. The resulting work depicts a three dimensional space that conjures different ideas and subject matter. 

His “Black & White” series is another exercise in the lighting found in nature and landscape photography. This body of work examines modulations in tones and plays in contrast while finding spaces in highlight and shadow and pushing the boundaries between blacks and whites. 

Hacob is an Associate Professor at Art Center College of Design.

He has won numerous awards and accolades and has participated in exhibitions in the United States and elsewhere.