There is an image right after this one it’s a portrait of my partner Kerry Martin and one of my great uncle Sal‘s masks we are holding one of our manuscripts 480 pictures The Terracina Masquerade I couldn’t finish the story because this site only lets me do two little paragraphs on each image just so you know there is over 800 images on this category with some pretty wild stories if you stay on this category you will get to view many images that will be in the book or books depends what deal we sign Anyway there is over 3000 of these large format negatives that the world has not seen yet Don’t know who he is or where it was but I do know it was the mid 40s
A couple things about this category you have just entered first of all you’ll never see anything like it the mask behind us was created in 1937 by my great uncle Sal she was suppose to be in the New York world‘s fair in 1939 she originally had hundreds of brother and sister masks that Sal has made there is 65 of them left at our house here in Florida My great uncle Sal ended up using her in many of his mind reading acts and hypnotizing people, What’s very bizarre about her and about another 30 masks made back in those times was there papier-mâché mix Haitian voodoo dust, pyramid scrapings from Egypt, Secret potions from around the world you could read about the very special ingredients in the book speaking about the book a comedic look at a sexually driven mob family You will see over 800 images on this category you’re on with little stories quite ingenious if you ask me my great uncle Sal and grandfather Captain Tony and myself were true maniac photographers Mr. Kerry Mart
You have entered a really cool category on this site there is over 800 really cool photos with some wild stories to go with them they were all taken by the family, The Terracina’s that is The photos go as far back as the late 20s that’s when great uncle Sal opened up his first photography mask studio and then his little brother Captain Tony did a lot of photography in the 40s and 50s in Key West and me my photos started getting published in the late 70s so on this category you’re going to see a lot of great portraits famous people some very sexy nudes remember I published over 1200 exotic dancers late 80s early 90s as far as this image right here that’s uncle Joey‘s crew you don’t want to go fishing with these guys from Elizabeth New Jersey the two guys on the far right That really are not in the picture is the problem Aldo and Joey I love this negative especially the story behind it
A long story cut very short this was my grandfathers fourth and last boat the greyhound lV he had to scuttle the third one and jump in to his life boat with 2 CIA agents probably a case of rum and some important paperwork beside this boat took people out Fishing to the Dry Tortugas for some amazing fishing trips to his secret fishing spots my grandfather knew about, They also had some epic partys on this boat I heard stories I was on this boat in 68 Everybody was smoking weed and drinking pena coladas Margaritas and a lot of shots this little story right here goes with the next photo
Let me talk about the man the myth the legend my grandfather Captain Tony try to visualize this you’re in Key West in the 60s you own this crazy 65 foot charter boat your third, you have been doing smuggling trips to Cuba since the late 40s and of course private charter fishing trips to San Diego Bay in Cuba in the early 60s you buy this crazy wild night club the original Hemingway bar and of course you name it Captain Tony’s as far as his private life he’s on his third marriage and 10th child with lots of girlfriends I am his oldest grandson I finally got to meet him in the late 60s and then started working for him in the mid-70s the education of a lifetime did I mention he did a lot of work for the CIA during the Bay of Pigs he did they actually made a movie about it I was in it and then with all the smoke cleared and he’s with his fourth wife my fourth grandmother he has two more children in his late 60s I am only 65 now I’m not quite where he was at then anyway to put t
The category you’re on right now is a one-of-a-kind something you have never seen or heard about there’s over 800 images with some fascinating stories about each images about those wild Terracina‘s It’s kind of a comedic look at a sexually driven mob family and goes back as far as the late 20s that’s when Sal opened up his first studio he was only 17 he was already booked as the worlds youngest mind reader performing in clubs all over Chicago and New York he’s the one who’s makes these giant masks these two were made in 1937 I did A lot of portfolios with them 10 years ago there’s 60 of them in my house check out some of the images on this category you’ll see what’s going on
From 1978 through 1983 I pretty much covered Key West with a camera more than any other photographer at that time I ended up working for the Key West citizen newspaper as one of their photographers I also published a lot of postcards and posters through Kennedy studios down there, as far as sunsets, major drug busts, and the Cuban boat lift I was always the first one sight I had a Lotta good spies that isn’t what makes this category so exciting you see my great uncle Sal had a photography mask studio above my grandfather‘s bar his little brother Captain Tony Saloon so we have these images from the 60s we could even jump back to the late 40s and 50s when my grandfather Took many pictures of Key West on his boat and in the bar just in this category alone there is 800 images with some pretty wild stories I have been working on this website for 18 years you will see some pretty cool images from the late 20s when Sal opened up his first studio He was only 17 as far as gorgeous man and
Let me brag about this website you’re on right now I designed it 20 years ago in this category alone you’re on there is 800 images with some pretty wild stories it’s an art project still in the works all the images were taken by my great uncle Sal as far back as the late 20s that he shot in his studio when he was 17 there is also an amazing collection of photography that my grandfather took in Key West starting in the late 40s you might’ve heard of him Captain Tony Famous rum and gun smuggler from Cuba to Key West he owned the original Hemingway bar he was originally from Elizabeth New Jersey fled to Key West because he was one of those crazy mob guys and to put the cherry on the cake they made him mayor of that wacky crazy island Key West and then there’s me I had a bunch of studios in New York City and New Jersey did a lot of photography in Key West for the newspaper late 70s and some publishing companies my specialty was photographing beautiful exotic dancers for three d
You ended up on a amazing category on this website check out the facts over 800 really cool photos with some fascinating back up stories it’s the history of the Terracina‘s A comedic look at a sexually driven mob family it goes back as far as 1929 when my great uncle Sal opened up his first studio he was 18 right out of Rahway state prison He was set up throughout the next 93 years my grandfather captain Tony and myself also became photographers I have been editing and writing the stories for the last 18 years we are still in the Process of still developing large format negatives it’s still an art project in the works enjoy this category we are having major problems with our spellcheck but we’re working on it sorry about the misspelled words and wrong words This photo right here Sal took obviously in 1969 in my grandfathers bar Captain Tony’s Saloon the Original Hemingway bar in Key West
If you stay on this category on my website you will see 800 really cool images pertaining to this wacky family It’s kind of a comedic look at a sexually driven mob family The images go as far back as the late 20s when my great uncle Sal opened up his first studio and then throughout the years his little brother Captain Tony you know that wild guy from Key West rum smuggler Owned the original Hemingway bar X mob guy from Elizabeth New Jersey then they made him mayor of Key West he was taking pictures in Key West as far back as the late 40s these are also on this site and myself the wild crazy great nephew Who is 65 now started publishing photos back in the late 70s he also became the nations number one nude exotic dancer and photographer publishing over 1200 Beautiful women In three different magazines-there’s over 800 interesting family stories on this site with backup Photos take time and check it out Facebook has been blocking the hell out of me over eight suspensions and 20 wa