Throughout a 50 year career as an artist and photo educator, Arthur Nager has focused on documenting the social landscape - the people, structures and places that reflect the character of where and how we live. His goal has been to capture the details of our evolving culture to convey what is timeless and constant in our lives.

His work incorporates chance, circumstance, and premonition with the element of irony. Relying on intuition, he enables the viewer to experience a moment in time - to look past the initial painterly impact of color, scale, and form, to extract meaning that is sometimes implied or disguised. 

Arthur Nager’s work is part of educational and museum collections including The International Museum of Photograph at The George Eastman House, ACTA International Museum Rome, South Street Seaport Museum, Museum of Art Santa Cruz, Kennebunk Museum, The Westport Art Collection and the Mattatuck Museum.  His recent exhibit focused on the the towns of the Naugatuck Valley in 2025 at the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, CT.