His commercial clients have included Christie’s Auctioneers, Macy’s Federated Department Stores, and Sotheby’s. He has served as a staff photographer for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Museum of Modern Art, and The Public Theater. His personal work has been published in Nudes 3 (Graphis Publication), The Cigar Connoisseur (Clarkson Potter Publishers), and Photo District News, from which he received the New Talent Award. Hughes is an Adjunct Professor at La Guardia Community College. Yancey Hughes was an artist in resident at CPW in July 2002.