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<td>New York Street Photographer, street Photographic Artist, and New Jersey Street Photographer Roy Caratozzolo displays his Street Photography, Lithography, and Digital Art in the Tozzo Project - An Online Street Photography Portfolio by a Street Photographer in New Jersey and New York. New York and New Jersey Street Photography and lithography by New Jersey Street Photographer Roy Caratozzolo. I am a Street Photographer in New Jersey. I study Street Photography and think about Street Photography each day. Everything I do revolves around Street Photography. Do you enjoy Street Photography? If so, please view my Street Photography on my Street Photography web site, under the section Street Photography. My lithography is located in the Street Photography section as well. If you like my Street Photography or lithography, please let me know. You can even send me some of your Street Photography or lithography. Then we can compare each others Street Photography and lithography. I enjoy Street Photographers who shoot on the street or in undefined places. Two Street Photographers who stick out most are Winogrand and Weegee. Both street Photographers, they consistently captured the scenes we all miss. Their ability to compose a shot out of the mundane is fuel for my eye. To see things in areas and places that we all look at, but do not SEE, is what these Street Photographers have captured and brought fourth to us. I learned how to photograph while in high school in New Jersey. I got a manual SLR camera, a Ricoh XR-1 and learned how to expose and shoot manually. I immediately enjoyed the scenes I could capture and I found it provided a satisfaction inside of me that nothing else that interested me at the time could. I then would shoot for anyone who needed a Street Photographer; the yearbook, the school newspaper, friends, family, anyone. College was on the horizon, so I decided to major in it at the University of Connecticut art school where I got my BFA in 1994. I realized long ago that people like to "read" photographs. I shoot with film, but the computer does play a role. I scan every image I like and correct it for color, and remove all dust and scratches. It is from these digitally edited images that I make all my prints from. I rarely use the negative to make a photo any longer. When I do it will be for a black and white image. There is something about film that digital images cannot compete with--color and fidelity. I can anticipate the look of my images depending on the film I use. I can also use film for certain needs. Every Street Photographer is different, for each of our eyes see slightly differently, so some may disagree. Film also has a higher fidelity than digital shots. I knew that Street Photography would thrive off of the computer, for the computer has replaced the darkroom, even for a traditional Street Photographer like myself. Once my film is developed, the computer is used. This is a technique I accepted without even realizing that I had abandoned the darkroom. Street Photography is filled with chemicals, especially in the darkroom, so to do the same thing without them is a natural progression. I do believe though, that traditional techniques will never go away fully, and that soon we will see a resurgence in traditional techniques as we are beginning to get saturated with Street Photography and cameras again. Just the other day I saw a commercial by HP "welcome to the new age of Street Photography, you are the Street Photographer and the photo lab." It will be interesting to watch film die. An over 100 year old tool transplanted by electronics.</td>
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