The artist i picked for this assignment was a photographer named Joe Mazzatesta. He is from Bloomsburg originally, and has been photographing seriously for around 12 years. He chose photography as his medium because it was somthing that he did in his everyday life (family activities etc) and really enjoyed.
He also likes photography as his medium because he likes how he can capture everyday events in an instant. Also, he works mostly with digital cameras because of the lack of working with film, plus all the possibilities he has to work with or alter his pictures. When it comes to choosing subject matter, he doesn't really choose it, it chooses him or he just gets inspired randomly.
Joe is a self taught photographer. He photographs mostly still lives but is not limited to that genre. He started as a hobby but he claims it quickly consumed his life and became more of a full time thing. Now he makes money off of his prints and has a gallery, as well as takes pictures for all sorts of events.
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