Rocco Galatioto, nice photos and good food

When they settled in the States, Italians naturally brought over their culture. One important element is  la festa , the feast . Usually these feasts were to celebrate a saint or the Madonna. One of the best known in New York, other than the San Gennaro Feast in Manhattan, is the one in South Brooklyn at our Lady of Mount Carmel. These shots are from a projects on these neighborhood feasts that I made in the eighties for an Italian client.

Shot long ago on GAF 200 film. This film had a wonderful ability to render browns faithfully.

As many of you know, I did much work for social service agencies. In these events I always concentrated on candid shots and especially on the candid portrait. It was lots of fun. This is a Thanksgiving event a few years ago.  

Being Italian, I actually like good food more than photography so photographing good looking dishes is divine. In reality this is the easiest thing to do if you have a good smart phone. Naturally the dish must look enticing. What I find odd is that when I post what I believe to be a good photo on Instagram, I get a number of likes that is not large. When I post a food shot that took a few seconds to shoot, I get a plethora of likes. As  we say in New York, go figure. Naturally being from Castellammare del Golfo a sea town in Sicily, I am really crazy about sea food. Two of these dishes were prepared at home while the pasta alle vongole or the pasta with clams is from a  restaurant in Sicily. As we say, buon appetito. Remember that eating well is the best revenge Food Shot, pasta con tonno e limone  Pasta aalle vongole, Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Italy, La Lampare Restaurant Pasta al salmone e zucchine

A wonderful image made by my talented wife, Marcy.