Artist
ToddWaxStudios
A self-taught South Florida artist using photography and video to hold the point where coastal light, atmosphere, music, and motion resolve into a finished image.
Statement
Looking toward the light
My work begins with a simple instinct: to look toward the light. I am drawn to the point where a waterfront, palm, room, or stage stops feeling purely documentary and starts carrying presence, energy, drift, and atmosphere.
- Final image first
- Motion as trace
- South Florida as field
My work begins with a simple instinct: to look toward the light.
— Todd Waxberg
Reference still from Luminous Frequency.
Field Notes
South Florida is source material
The ocean, the Intracoastal, palm-lined streets, moonlight, and venue lighting are not backdrop. They determine the color, pace, and atmosphere of the image, even when the final frame pushes toward abstraction.
- Waterfront glare and horizon lines
- Stage beams, haze, and crowd silhouettes
- Motion blur, afterimage, and exposure drift
Profile
ToddWaxStudios stays rooted in the same field the work comes from: South Florida light, community, venues, and open air.
Boca Raton
Based
Delray
Works / time in city
Self-taught
Education
Photo + video
Medium
Sales / digital
Current occupation
Biography
Todd Waxberg is a self-taught South Florida artist whose photography and video are rooted in more than three decades of living with the region’s coastal light, music, and atmosphere.
From palm-lined waterfronts and the Intracoastal to local music venues, he treats light not simply as illumination but as a living presence that shapes memory, energy, and connection. Sunrise, sunset, moonlight, stage glow, and reflective surfaces become the material of the work.
He is drawn to the moments when light transforms the familiar. A palm becomes a column of radiance. A concert becomes a field of motion and luminous rhythm. Grounded in a distinctly Delray sensibility, the work stays vibrant, direct, and unpretentious, holding the point where beaches, music, community, and atmosphere meet.
Official results image from the 2019 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Photo Contest.
Recognition
Verified public contest result
Todd Waxberg's current verified public record includes a third-place finish in the Mass Ascension category of the 2019 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Photo Contest. This site keeps both the official result link and the source image so the public record stays grounded as additional recognitions, contests, and exhibitions are confirmed.
- 2019 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Photo Contest
- Mass Ascension category
- 3rd place
- Official results page lists Todd Waxberg, Boca Raton, Florida
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