This is Mr.Neptune one of Sals larger masks he’s been around since 1938 he is known as the mask of wisdom he has a bunch of interesting ingredients in his papier-mâché mix pyramid scrapings from Egypt, Haitian voodoo dust, Cambodian opium, and secret potions from around the world there is one special ingredient that Sal put into his mix, that will be in the book some real crazy stuff anyway this photo right here is in one of Sals photography mask studios in Manhattan, Mr. Neptune was in a bunch of Broadway plays Tobacco Road, Uncle Tom’s cabin Sal made about 40 of these giant masks In his lifetime there’s another couple hundred smaller ones I have 60 of them as far as the giant ones I only have three the one you’re looking at here Neptune lisa and I have him in one of our rooms and a bunch other ones all over the house, I used them for the last 20 years in my photography studios great backgrounds and they have been known to hypnotize of the models or scare them

What you’re looking at is a square foot block of mahogany 1 inch thick on top of it is a super imposed negative on a sheet of glass it was custom-made the year 1929 great uncle Sal wanted to get his first professional promo picture for his mind reading performance also hypnotizing people and playing the piano he was very booked in many clubs in Chicago and New York You could see all the original ads on this site that’s right i have amazing stories with photo back up that’s why this book is going to become famous anyway the interesting thing about this negative is Sal wanted the photographer to stare into the camera so he could try to hypnotize him Bottom line don’t stare at this photo too long, Sal has been known to enter your dreams which could turn into a nightmare if you were an asshole, These are not my words as Sals little brother Captain Tony Captain Tony would say Don’t fuck with Sal There’s things you don’t know about him

I have never been a special effects guy or used filters on my cameras, in the 70s and 80s I liked the real deal star filters and polarizers almost made me nauseous But with this new iPhone I could play around a bit and do some effects like this image right here Lisa and I were at the beach at Ponds in that and the two girls were just running around splashing each other I took a simple photo and played around the effects on this phone looks kind of cool not my style but I think my viewrs would like it more, half the images I sold in my life where ones I wasn’t crazy over Many photographs today I think we’re spectacular and I love the general public jasmine vine I learned this along time ago that’s why I have always photographed for the people

99% of the photos on this website were taking by either my great uncle Sal or myself it’s a family website of over 90 years of imagery even Captain Tony and my dad have some images on here that they have taken every once in a while Sal an myself would purchase an original negative or print that we keep in our collection and post it, I’m guessing my Great uncle Sal purchased this aerial view image of Time Square probably taken from a blimp I know my great uncle Sal has been in a blimp maybe it is his image in any event I love it can’t wait to print it up when I look at it closely I see some horses and wagons mostly old cars I’m guessing in the 30s sometime

Number one this is not a political website and I am definitely not a political person the image you’re looking at right here is a one of a kind one of the sharpest images you could possibly get from the camera it is the most valuable negative in my collection the offers for it are off the chart yes it’s the most recognized face on planet earth by far it’s Mr. Donald Trump in 1972 Donald Trump Was 26 years old he hung out at this club called the straw hat, with all the other jetsetters, and the beautiful women that hug out their Sal Terracina Was the piano player there he also did a mind reading act and hypnotizing people if you know anything about photography this large format camera was pretty much used to get the sharpest image, as I look at this negative very closely on my lightbox it is one of the sharpest I’ve ever seen the negative is flawless it’s like a Mickey Mantle baseball card one of a kind I am still taking offers if anyone’s interested 9083615606 I also have a Joe DiMaggio in another night club sal worked in 1949 Another one of a kind that nobody else has

In 1949 Sal was with the bazaar traveling carnival the world of mirth It traveled up and down from Canada to Virginia his professional name when he performed his mind reading act and hypnotizing people was the great Saltar When I inherited Sals Estate there were over 60 negative boxes mostly large format and a lot of 2 1/4 and glass slides this small box of negative said people I have hypnotized I love playing with these negatives on the lightbox soon I will be printing them up look at her eyes if you go back to the front page on this website you’ll see a category the world of mirth check it out

I decided to do something different and went over to the Navy base to shoot the famous Mallory Square sunset ceremony in Key West it was a cloudy day December 8 1977 it was a little different back then 43 years ago

My first roll of black and white film on the Jersey shore I printed it on color paper tried to get some kind of different effect

I very rarely put captions on photographs I think it’s kind of corny I’ll write about them I photographed at this club in Queens number one gay sports club in New York I actually did a documentary if you go to my website portraitsofnewyork.com you will see a category Called called in and out A fascinating look into the world most you don’t see Female impersonators everywhere, transvestites on each corner by the bar cute guys dancing on the bar and regular girl strippers grabbing them and tipping them I forgot about the lesbians trying to pick up the girls strippers and that’s just the surface what’s going on what goes on in that place its crazy so here’s the caption For the photo for the photo The bald guy sitting at the bar asked the female impersonator next to him so what goes on here

So here’s a joke an Italian, a Puerto Rican, an a Greek walk into a bar The Puerto Rican guy is 6 foot four 420 pounds the big Greek guy in the back Bobby 6 foot seven 380 and me I’m the little guy 6 foot tall 220 We are at coyote ugly pounding down shots of Patron and drinking Heineken’s I hit big-time at the horse track in Jersey all the girls are dancing on the bar we are tipping them graciously even bought them a couple of some bullshit drinks as usual I’m watching for the hustle that’s what I do that’s my job all of a sudden one of the bartenders tells me I owe her $80 right away I knew the scam I said to the bartender listen honey we’re not tourist we live here she was an idiot she says if you don’t give me the $80 I’m going to tell the bouncers I already saw the bouncers big Mike and Bobby could chew them up and spit them out I could probably even take one I didn’t tell Bobby or big Mike what’s going on so this weight lifting college kid comes up to me with his chest all out I said listen Hercules I see these two maniacs behind me they don’t know what’s going on if I tell them you’ll tear this place apart with your body parts they’re drunk on tequila in the big guy in the back of special forces I’m not giving you fucking money he said well then can you please I said after we finish our drinks He walked away he walked away, we went outside and lit our cigars I told them the story this was our selfie