Michael Fioritto

Archive for April 2008

Mark on a train in England

Mark on a train in England

Originally uploaded by mfioritto

Another gem from the archives. This is my brother Mark stylin’ on a train somewhere in England. I have no idea why he is dressed up like that. Maybe we were heading into London for dinner and [...]

France: Gaston with chicken

france-gaston-chicken

Originally uploaded by mfioritto

This picture is from some of the first I ever snapped while living oversees. We went to visit my Grandfather’s sister in southern France and Gaston was her son. He liked to drink a little bit. In this shot he’s holding the [...]

Mia jumping in our backyard

Mia jumping in our backyard
Originally uploaded by mfioritto

Here’s another shot from my files. This is Mia jumping in our backyard in Arizona. She was a pretty kinetic kid. I used to take pictures of the kids when I was trying out new film or a lighting setup or lens.
They were usually at the tail end [...]

Could you source a new Family of Man exhibit from Flickr?

I have been spending a bit of time with Flickr recently and have been impressed with some of the photography I have viewed.
I started wondering if you could source an exhibit like Steichen’s Family of Man using Flickr? They received over 2 million images from photographers across the globe, then winnowed that down to 10,000 [...]

Portrait of Mia – 4-22-2008

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Originally uploaded by mfioritto
A new portrait of Mia with the Canonet. There are these wall sconces at Blackies and as she moved towards the one at our table I shot the picture.
I’m having fun with my new-old rangefinder.

Portrait of Aaron Fioritto

aaron-portrait
Originally uploaded by mfioritto
I ran across this negative last night. I really like this shot of my son Aaron Fioritto. I’m sure I was testing lights or a new background but I don’t really remember shooting it.

Near miss

I was on the bus the other morning and saw a doorman (on the left) trying to hail a taxi. I had my camera so I thought if someone would come into the frame on the right it might make a good shot. The woman on the right came into the frame and stopped. At [...]

Looks like a half-frame shot

I had some Ilford XP-2 processed and scanned at Walgreens. They messed up the scans on the CD (at least the negs were cut right) so all of the pics look like they are from a half-frame camera. I kinda liked it. In this photo, Misake and Aaron Fioritto.

My new camera – Canonet Q17 G111

I picked up an old Canonet Q17 G111 rangefinder on ebay and shot my first roll of film through it this weekend. Years ago I owned a series of Leicas. I started out with a beat up M3 and 50mm lens then came across a super clean M2 so I bought that. I sold the [...]

Funny pics in the closet

mike-okinawa-1961-hat

Originally uploaded by mfioritto

I found this in a tray of Ektachrome slides. That’s me in the hat. The picture was taken in 1961 in Naha, Okinawa where my parents were stationed.
By the way, that’s me with the cigar in the post below. Car seats, seat [...]

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