THEN

The photographs that follow fall into two groups. Some are the specific images at the heart of this project: the aunt in Calabria, the twin sisters in Pittsburgh, the cigarette girl at the Rainbow Room, the night clerk in New Orleans, Lynn at 25, the boy with the fireworks on the Fourth of July. Each one is waiting to be revisited.

The rest offer a glimpse into a 36-year career made with the Hasselblad SWC — published in leading travel and architecture magazines and exhibited widely, but never before gathered and considered through the lens of this particular story. The larger narrative is still waiting to be shaped. That is an invitation.

Towering Twins, Carnegie, Banking and Architecture 1982

Braddock, Banking and Architecture, 1982

Traveling with a Mannequin, Nags Head, North Carolina, 1975, 500CM 80mm

Alhambra for Travel & Leisure, infrared film, 1992

Relatives, My uncle in cousin fishing in Calabria, 1984

Book Cover, Giuseppe Terragni, second edition 2024

NOW

mid April 15 to mid May 2026

My first month reconnecting with Hasselblad, from mid April to mid May 2026, the X2Dii accompanied me on my morning walk through my home town of Aspinwall. Aspinwall is nestled along the Allegheny River about seven miles upstream from the commercial center of Pittsburgh. As I reacquaint myself with Hasselblad a certain dejà vu occupies my thoughts. Dolce far niente -the sweetness of doing nothing; alleyways, the bleached columns of a highway underpass, a tree waiting to be planted, a colorful garage door, all the forms and colors magically unfold on my path. For thirty six years I professionally wandered the streets of towns, villages and cities across the globe. From the great European cities of the past to my small town today the pleasure of making photographs with a Hasselblad has not changed, but the process, to my delight, has been transformed.