Joe Longo
Joe has been photographing the world around him for over ten years, and gains inspiration from everything that comes in to his field of view. He has developed a wide variety of styles shooting everything from school portraits, sporting events, landscape, nature, wild animals, to major concerts. Over the past year Joe has focused on the performing arts photographing local and national bands, and dance performance groups such as SCRAP and Tripsichore.
This collection of photographs is a potpourri of Joe's vision of his surroundings, environment, and everyday life. Enjoy taking a walk through the world through the eyes of Joe Longo.
www.joelongophotography.com
POST SHOW
The Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST) event is a two-week city-wide arts showcase. Many artists open up their studios for tours to the public, and others, like this event at Mugshots, book events at venues across the city to feature their work to the public. The show consists of three artists; Lynnette Shelley, Matthew Romano and Joe Castro. This POST event will showcase the artist's works in three very diverse mediums and styles: from Joe’s bold paintings and collages, to Matt’s photojournalistic captures in film, to Lynette's highly stylized creatures.
About the Artists:
Lynnette Shelley
Lynnette Shelley is a Delaware native who moved to Philadelphia in 1999. She currently works/resides in Germantown as a freelance artist, graphic designer and web designer. Some of her creature drawings were recently featured in the animated short “The Spider Is the Web” shown at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival.
In addition to being an artist and designer, Lynnette is co-founder of The Red Masque (www.theredmasque.com), an original avant rock band which has played numerous shows and festivals since 2001. Most recently, The Red Masque released a new album through an avant garde music label this past summer.
Deeply influenced by Celtic, Eastern, Asian, art nouveau, primitive, abstract expressionist, and medieval artworks, as well as mythological stories and legends, Lynnette fuses these styles into her strikingly unique illustrations.
www.designbyredeye.com
Matthew Romano
Growing up in the Endless Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania inspired Matt’s unique vision.
Matt studied photography at Antonelli Institute. Upon graduation he began fine tuning his skills while assisting other photographers in the Philadelphia area. Matt currently freelances for a variety of clients, while continuing to work on his own fine art projects.
www.mattromanophoto.com
Joe Castro
www.mightyjoecastro.com
