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LAURA JEAN ZITO

LAURA JEAN ZITO

ROSCOMMON-BASED ARTIST, SPECIALIZING IN TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY AND PORTRAITURE. MAIN THEMES: IRELAND, INTERNATIONAL CITIES, EVENTS, PEOPLE, CULTURES, LIFESTYLES. EXPERIENCE: NBC NETWORK NEWS GRAPHICS ARTIST, FEATURE FILM STILL PHOTOGRAPHER, ART SHOW CURATOR, NYC PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY FOUNDER


PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME IF MY PHOTOGRAPHS ARE PAINTINGS. ACHIEVING A PAINTERLY EFFECT IN A PHOTO PLEASES ME. I WOULD NOT BE SO PLEASED IF THEY ASKED IF MY PAINTINGS WERE PHOTOGRAPHS, AS I LIKE PAINTINGS THAT DELIVER PAINTERLY ASPECTS BEYOND THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SCOPE, SUCH AS AN ATTENTION TO THE RELIEF OF THE PAINT ITSELF, AND TO THE DIRECTION OF THE STROKE OF THE BRUSH.

THE ATTITUDE OF THE PUBLIC CONTINUES TO EVOLVE IN VIEWING PHOTOGRAPHY AS ART, AND I CONTINUE TO EVOLVE IN BOTH GENRES,  OFTEN REQUIRING LABOR OF AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT NATURE, PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. IN PHOTOGRAPHY, I AM  MORE OFTEN DIRECTED EXTERNALLY IN A DISCOVERY OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS, NAVIGATING PHYSICAL TERRAINS WITH DEXTERITY TO GET THE BEST SHOT. IN PAINTING, FROM A SINGULAR POSITION, MY INTERNAL CURIOSITY FOCUSES MY INTENT ON THE FINAL COLOR, SIZE, DIRECTION AND PRESSURE OF EACH BRUSHSTROKE. ABSTRACTION IN PHOTOGRAPHY HAS BECOME WIDESPREAD, BUT  I PREFER THE PLASTIC QUALITIES OF THE PAINT ITSELF TO THE FLATNESS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER IN ABSTRACT WORKS.

STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY: Ireland, Humor, Cities, Countries, USA, Middle East, Lifestyle, Celebrities, People, Trees

DIGITAL IMAGERY with use licensing

WALL ART available in a variety of sizes and formats, matted and  framed, matted only, or unmatted and unframed, shipped to order

PRINTED PRODUCTS: Greeting Cards, Calendars, T-Shirts

PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES: travel and destination photography, advertising, reportage, functions, events, fashion, wedding shoots, birthday shoots, portrait sittings, real estate shoots, studio shoots, website photography, product photography, photographs of artworks, pet portraits, editorial photography

PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS: Oil paintings made from photographs of your loved ones, pets or favorite places

EMAIL ME AT: laurajeanzito@gmail.com

 

 

BY HAND - COLOR

IRISH COUNTRY LIFE IN COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS

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BY HAND - BLACK AND WHITE

IIRISH COUNTRY LIFE IN B & W PHOTOGRAPHS