Tony Vaccaro: A Retrospective

Through his lifetime as both a gifted Journalist and a talented Photographer, Tony Vaccaro has skillfully shared his insights about people, war, and the joy of life.

Tony Vaccaro's work reveals an uncommon character of a man whose insights about life spans a career of nearly 70 years. At 87, his passion about people and photography are expressed in a series videos captured by OurLIC. Videos recorded and presented here by OurLIC were recorded during a news interview by Kathryn Shakespeare and Paulio Shakespeare of NTDTV on January 3, 2010. View the interview with Tony Vacarro: NTD TV's News "Tony Vaccaro: Life Through the Eyes of a Photographer". Sixteen addition segmets of interview video, recorded by OurLIC, are presented below.

The exhibition of Tony Vaccaro's photography has been extended until January 17, 2010. It is at The Buzzeo Building Gallery at 31-16 36th Avenue in Astoria.

Long Island City, NY January 3, 2010 - The BBC's The Genius of Photography series called Tony Vaccaro "the greatest combat photographer of WW II". Celebrating a career spanning six decades, Vaccaro transitioned from serving as America's first wartime photo journalist to photographing some of the twentieth century's most notable cultural icons including Sophia Loren, Frank Lloyd Wright, Georgia O'Keefe, to name just a few.

Above Artist - Tony Vaccaro Title - The kiss of liberation Medium - Gelatin Silver Print Size - 23.8 x 17.6 in. / 60.5 x 44.8 cm. Year - 1945 Misc. - Signed, Inscribed Go to OurLIC News: Photographer Tony Vaccaro Filming PBS Special on D-Day, June 6, 1944 Tony Vaccaro, Journalist and Photographer

Tony Vaccaro (b. December 20, 1922), is an American photographer who is best known for his photos taken in Europe during 1944 and 1945 and in Germany immediately after World War II. After the war, he became a renowned fashion and lifestyle photographer for U.S. magazines. An exciting retrospective presented by The Cultural Association of the Molise Region in America, Universitas Civium Oratino, is in Astoria and is not to be missed! The CAMRA is particularly proud to sponsor this exhibit not only because of the extraordinary quality of his photographs (as you can see from the photo of a young Sophia Loren) but also because Tony's roots are from Bonefro, a city in Molise, Italy. Tony is a long time resident of Long Island City. After 30 years in Manhattan, Tony moved to LIC to get away from the distraction when he began to do more writing than photography. His cousin, Joe Pavonetti, "a great local tailor" (Passes away in 1992), invited him for lunch in LIC. In 1994 he took an apartment here for four reasons. "I was close to my clients in Manhattan.....It was peaceful for me to write...It was cheaper than my condo upkeep in Manhattan...I have been happy ever after". The Exhibition will remain open at the The Buzzeo Building Gallery all day from 2-7 PM. until the January 17th. You may be able to visit there with Tony Vaccaro by appointment, and he will share anecdotes about select pieces in the exhibit. The Buzzeo Building Gallery is at 31-16 36th Avenue in Long Island City, NY, 11106. The gallery can be easily reached by subway by taking the N or W train to 36th Avenue. The exhibit is 1/2 block from the subway. We hope you will be able to join us . Reference: Cav. Alfredo G. Brunetti, President Cultural Association of Molise Region in America Universitas Civium Oratino Cell: 1-917 734-8964   Go to OurLIC News: Photographer Tony Vaccaro Filming PBS Special on D-Day, June 6, 1944 Go to Photo Story of Exhibition