Zack Zublena in Watkins Mind Body Spirit: Gold, Art & Spirituality
French fine art photographer Zack Zublena is the subject of an in-depth feature in Watkins Mind Body Spirit, the long-established London magazine devoted to spirituality, consciousness, mysticism and personal development.
The article, titled The Sacred Frequency of Gold — An Interview with Zack Zublena, appears in Issue 86, Summer 2026, and explores the artistic philosophy behind his fine art photography, his symbolic relationship with gold and the personal experiences that inform his creative practice.
Published by Watkins Books in London, Watkins Mind Body Spirit has roots extending back to 1893 and occupies a distinctive place within British spiritual and esoteric publishing.
Exploring the Artist’s Philosophy in Watkins Mind Body Spirit
The Watkins Mind Body Spirit feature moves beyond the visual appearance of Zack Zublena’s work to examine the personal meaning he associates with each image.
The interview discusses the central themes that have shaped his artistic practice, including the symbolic use of gold, the human form, spirituality and his distinctive approach to fine art photography.
For Zublena, art can function as a space for introspection. His compositions are intended to encourage the viewer to look beyond surface identity and consider ideas of inner value, transformation and presence.
The feature also places his work within a broader conversation about contemporary spirituality — a subject central to the editorial identity of Watkins Mind Body Spirit.
Gold as Personal Symbolism
A central topic of the interview is Zack’s artistic relationship with gold.
For Zublena, gold functions primarily as a visual and symbolic language. It can evoke light, permanence, inner value and humanity’s longstanding association between gold and the sacred.
In his photographic work, reflective gold-coloured body paint transforms the appearance of skin under controlled lighting, allowing the human figure to take on a more sculptural and symbolic presence.
Rather than simply using gold as decoration, Zublena employs it as part of a broader exploration of identity and perception.
The Gold Body Painting and Fine Art Photography Experience
The interview also discusses Zack Zublena’s distinctive Gold Body Painting and Fine Art Photography Experience.
The process involves painting the participant with reflective gold-coloured body paint before photographing the body as fine art.
Zublena describes the experience as collaborative and intentional. Preparation, pose, lighting and the relationship between photographer and participant all contribute to the finished image.
His background in meditation and breathwork also influences the atmosphere he seeks to create during the session, with an emphasis on presence and focused attention rather than conventional portrait posing.
The resulting photographs are intended to function not simply as likenesses, but as visual interpretations of strength, vulnerability, identity and transformation.
Photography, Art and the UK
Zublena’s appearance in a London-based publication places his work within a British cultural context that has a long relationship with photography as an artistic medium.
The Royal Photographic Society remains one of the UK’s major organisations dedicated to photography, while the Victoria and Albert Museum’s photography collection traces the medium from its nineteenth-century origins to contemporary practice.
Within this tradition, Zublena’s images combine controlled photographic lighting with sculptural poses and reflective gold surfaces to create works intended for display as fine art.
A Vision for Wellness and Contemporary Spaces
Zack Zublena’s photography has also been installed within wellness and luxury interior environments.
One of the largest examples was the placement of his photography as part of the interior decoration in more than 120 David Lloyd Clubs across the United Kingdom and continental Europe.
This association with British wellness interiors provides a particularly relevant context for UK collectors, designers and hospitality professionals interested in contemporary figurative photography for spaces centred on movement, rest and wellbeing.
Read more about this project in the UK article How Zack Zublena’s Fine Art Photography Came to Decorate More Than 120 David Lloyd Clubs Across the UK and Europe.
Curating Art with Intention
In his conversation with Watkins Mind Body Spirit, Zublena discusses the idea of selecting art as a conscious and personal act.
Rather than choosing a work purely to match an interior, collectors may respond to its composition, symbolism, emotional quality or personal association.
This approach can be particularly relevant when selecting art for meditation rooms, wellness interiors, bedrooms or other contemplative environments.
For UK collectors, the ZZGALLERY UK collections present photographic works in GBP and through the dedicated United Kingdom edition of the gallery.
Context and Craft: The Artist’s Published Work
The ideas explored in the Watkins Mind Body Spirit interview are developed further in Zack Zublena’s book, The Sacred Frequency of Gold — Humanity’s Blueprint for Awakening.
UK readers can find the book through Amazon UK.
The book expands upon the philosophical and spiritual concepts that inform his photographic practice, while the Watkins interview provides a more concise introduction to the ideas behind the imagery.
Read Zack Zublena in Watkins Mind Body Spirit
The Sacred Frequency of Gold — An Interview with Zack Zublena appears in Issue 86, Summer 2026 of Watkins Mind Body Spirit.
View or order Watkins Mind Body Spirit — Issue 86
To explore the fine art photography discussed in the interview, visit the ZZGALLERY UK Fine Art Collections.
