Spotlight on Tony Boccaccio
Tony began his career with National
Geographic Magazine in 1971. Since then, his camera has taken him to
over thirty countries in as many years - from Iceland to the Amazon.
Like most photographers, he is a
series of contrasts: His lens has captured the frozen landscapes of
Iceland and the sweltering jungles of the Amazon.
He is probably most known for his
beautiful travel photography, yet while working with the human
figure, his sensitivity rivals that of the great painters. Indeed,
his artistic life began as a young painter trained in the classical
manner. He studied classical piano at the prestigious Eastman School
of Music and taught himself to play the bluegrass banjo. He lived in
Brazil as a teenager and Italy as a college student. In 1995, he
returned to Rome, Italy to continue his painting and to learn how to
sculpt in the classical manner under one of Rome's most gifted
sculptors, Alessandro Nocera.
AGENCIES
Getty Images &
Workbookstock photo agencies represent his photography worldwide.
His work is in the permanent collection of fine art of the Neikrug
Gallery, New York.
PROFESSIONAL CLIENTS
National Geographic
Magazine, Time Magazine, Eastman Kodak Company, McGraw Hill,
Saturday Evening Post, PsychologyToday, Natural History Magazine,
and many international corporate clients.
SOME PUBLICATIONS
•Conquering the
Amazon: Brazil's Jungle Highway - Gannet Publishing
• Where Madness Follows:The Search For Gold In The Amazon
Jungle
• The Marvels of Animal Behavior - National
Geographic Society
• This Changing Earth - January 1973 National Geographic
Magazine
• We're Doing Something About The Weather - National
Geographic
• The Great Lakes - National Geographic Magazine
• The Rebirth of Mount St. Helens - National
Geographic Traveler
World
Wide Photo Tours
Europe