NAME: Joseph Szkodzinski
BIRTH PLACE: New York City
BIOGRAPHY
I grew up in the 60's in Queens, NY. I watched a lot of dumb TV and listened to a lot of great music. I always saw beyond the shapes of things, but couldn't articulate it. I was an "artist" in search of the right medium. I found out early in life that filling an air rifle with mud and shooting the neighbor's underwear on the clothesline would only get me in trouble... Or taking trumpet lessons and repeatedly playing the same tortured tune would only distance me from my family and friends. I tried many other things, but nothing gave me any satisfaction.
Then one day at the ripe old age of 22, I picked up my friend's camera and I felt it immediately, a sense of immortality and power.
I went on to study photography and art at the School of Visual Arts in NYC, and graduated in 1981 with a BFA in photography.
Since then I have worked as a staff photographer for The Image Bank, Getty Images and the NYPD as well as freelancing for newspapers and magazines. I moved to Phoenix,AZ in 2002 and now work as a freelance photographer / photoshop specialist in Phoenix, AZ. In all that time, I have always found time to shoot my personal work whether on a road trip or at home.
