In 1989 I finally straightened out my life and got back on track, that whole Key West thing was so exciting in the beginning but at the end it destroyed me, I got very lucky and hooked up with mentertainment magazine they hired me as a staff photographer photographing all the strip clubs in New […]
Now that’s a real Italian jersey shore family my mom and her I live in Brothers and sisters no cable back then
One of my favorite family portraits it’s my mom with her 11 brothers and sisters, a real jersey shore Italian family this photo here is from the mid 40s imagine feeding 12 kids three times a day well my grandmother Virginia and my grandpa Joe did just in the morning two dozen eggs two loaves […]
When Muhammad Ali was in Key West looking to go fission my grandfather told him come on my boat because I’m the greatest
One day in 1970 Muhammad Ali decided he wanted to see Key West, he went there with his entourage somebody told him about the great fishing in Key West while he was there, him and his two bodyguards went down to the marina to go fishing everybody was running up to him getting his autographs […]
One of the great uncle Sals large format negatives
Since I have over 1200 large format negatives of my great uncle Sals works every once in a while I like to grab a negative and hold it in front of my living room window with the curtains and take a picture of it with my iPhone Super cool effect
The Elizabeth New Jersey crew
My dad his sister in cousins at Sal’s studio
Back in the 60s great uncle Joey performed on the Ed Sullivan show three times
One night Mr. William Dafoe stop by the electron a gallery in Soho and bought a dozen of my art tiles
Back in the early 90s I was selling lots of my photos on ceramic tiles doing quite well with them in New York Jersey in Key West I had a big display them in the electron a gallery in Soho I would have a little gallery show once a week A lot of people came […]
One of Sals advertisements and newspaper stories over 90 years ago
I have about 25 original newspaper stories about my great uncle Sal this one here is from 1937 the advertisement image I have on top of it was when Sal was performing 17 1928
Worth reading
One of those crazy stories but true in 1925 SW. 14 years old he started reading minds and predicting the future he also learned how to play the piano by ear and work for the church he was sent to the Newark psychic Center people back then didn’t understand The church Saint Anthony’s tried to […]