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Joe Gioia

About Me

The pictures at this site are mostly by myself and friends of mine. I add to it from time to time in the hopes of entertaining all of you who come by and promoting a certain way of seeing.

I lived in New York until circumstances took me to Minneapolis, MN in 1995. It is not the most stimulating of places, but the light is beautiful and I like the work I've done since coming here.

I think I walk a very fine line when I take pictures. Style interests me greatly.

I think fashion is something else.

I try to see directly and give some sense of who it is I am photographing, what I found them to be like on that particular day. Photos either convey an eternal feeling or they do not.

In January I began judging the top ten website list at Black & White World. If you want to read more of my rambling observations, there are several at the Salon site:

• my thoughts on the angelic junkies of high fashion photography
• ruminations on the race transcendence of Michael Jordan and Dennis Rodman
• why Sports Illustrated is the best magazine published today
• how Gilles Peres' Bosnia photo essay sets a new standard for Internet photography exhibitions.
• an appreciation of the work of photographer David LaChapelle
• a profile of basketball star Kevin Garnett