On October 26 at 7:30 PM, professional photographer Joe Pizzuto will present “Word on the Street…” in a Zoom session to the Berks Photographic Society (BPS). Joe will discuss street photography as an explorative process & personal vision, based on his work & that of other artists. He will address the definition of street photography, its place in history, his philosophy, along with the technical aspects of his image making.
Joe was born in Reading, PA in 1952 & currently lives in Decatur, GA. Joe first engaged his passion for photography while attending the University of Pittsburgh. Throughout the years, he has worked in photography retail, operated a professional portrait studio and held a position as industrial photographer. He is self taught but studied with Larry Fink and Chip Simone.
Pizzuto has had solo shows at Albright College in Reading, PA and Northampton College, in Bethlehem, PA. Additionally, he has been part of numerous collective shows including museum shows at The Reading Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCAGA) and the Musee Francais De La Photographie in Bievres, France. MOCAGA’s permanent collection includes several of his images.
Gallery shows included The Nikon House in New York City, The Center for Fine Art Photography in Ft. Collins Colorado, The Photography Place in Exton, Pennsylvania, The Mind’s Eye Gallery in Philadelphia, The Southeast Center of Photography in Greenville, SC, The RoHo Gallery in Cincinnati Ohio and numerous inclusions both juried and curated at the Atlanta Photography Gallery to list a few.
His work has been included in numerous issues of Black and White Magazine and L’OEIL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE (THE EYE OF PHOTOGRAPHY)
For non-members interested in attending this session as a guest, please refer to the BPS website for information on membership (www.berksphotographic.org) &/or email BPS at info@berksphotographic.com for a guest pass to the meeting. Such requests must be made by the Friday, October 23.
