For over 40 years I have been doing portfolios of beautiful women and publishing over hundreds of them I have this massive collection of proofs only because I was in the business I have about 1500 original prints an over 40,000 negatives probably one of the largest collections in the world i’m not talking about […]
Being in the right place at the right time I became a photojournalist within two weeks
Did you ever see the movie Scarface with Al Pacino you know the Tony Montana guy Well in 1980 I was in the right place at the right time two blocks from my grandfather’s bar in Key West was the US Naval base that’s where all those family members and criminals came in I was […]
One of my favorite portraits of the captain
Between my great uncle Sal and myself we have taken hundreds of portraits of Captain Tony that Sals little brother and my grandfather We both knew one day Captain Tony might become famous he also loved getting his picture taken this is one of my favorite images that Sal took in New York City mid […]
New Jersey wasn’t just the garden state
New Jersey is a little state but we are known for a lot of cool things first of all we are the garden state best tomatoes, corn, egg plants and cranberries in the country and as far as Italians I have to admit were the coolest Italians I’m sure a lot of people will argue […]
50 years ago I finally got to meet my grandfather Captain Tony
Captain Tony’s saloon Key West Florida 50 years ago, I remember quite well I was 13 years old and I finally got to meet my wild crazy grandfather that I heard about my whole childhood he used to send me lots of cool stuff to New Jersey shark jaws, cannonballs, some bayonets, and really cool […]
A 100% must read
One of my favorite original negatives and photo for many reasons, sometime a photo can tell 1000 stories, This one right here 5000 stores first of all the year 1942 its the beginning of World War II that’s my father and his little sister Tonia 78 years ago walking down the street The street there […]
Party like a rockstar
40 years ago in 1979 Key West had this great new wave rock ‘n’ roll band, they played some great original music that they wrote and did a lot of the talking heads, Ramones, the clash, and Devo we had them during season for two years six nights a week from nine at night to […]
I can still do a good job photographing sunsets even with an iPhone
Last month lisa and I went on a little trip to Saint Pete’s Florida that’s on the West Coast Hotels were so cheap One night about an hour before sunset we made a bunch of really great margaritas and jumped in the pool after that we decided to go for a walk on the beach […]
The Kodak frozen moment
He or she was about 6 foot four I was on Canal Street it was pouring out I was going for the Kodak frozen moment when the fill flash went off this giant person said what the fuck are you doing usually I have a quick response for some reason I froze up because this […]
Saw Heidi a couple times a week for over a year
We had a store right next to Parsons school of design 40th and 7th Ave., Heidi Klun was working out of there for a year since that was my spot where I photographed from I got To take a lot of photos of her I even got to photograph a couple of those runway shows […]