First of a series of portfolios profiling photographers from our Facebook page Artist’s statement I studied Drexel University’s College of Media Arts and Design. I was studying a career path that I was never to follow after I left school—fashion. But while I was there, I did take two darkroom photography classes. I found picture […]
Joe Gioia’s Appealing Peel-Apart NYC Street Portraits
Photographer Joe Gioia’s late 80s B&W NYC Polaroid instant street portraits captured the essence of a city on the cusp of change. Joe Gioia and I met as co-workers. We were part of a staff of young, enthusiastic editors at Modern Photography during its glorious, experimental and transitional last years under the direction of […]