fotofoto gallery

Italy Photography Workshop Exhibition
2015-01-09 - 2015-01-24
Artist Statement:Before COVID-19, SARS, and the Spanish Flu, the leading cause of death in many U.S. cities was tuberculosis. Reaching epidemic proportions in the early 20th Century, the need to treat tuberculosis coincided with public health awareness of tuberculosis as a communicable disease that required both improvements in housing and adequate isolation of the sick. This ultimately led to the founding of private and state-operated hospitals known as sanatoriums. Typically located in rural settings, mountains, or seaside locations, sanatoriums provided comfort and isolation where patients could breathe fresh air, rest, and have controlled access to sunlight – the very features that supposedly contributed to the cure for tuberculosis. Architectural innovations in sanatoriums such as fresh air porches, gardens creating a homelike setting, and majestic grounds for respiratory and cardiovascular stimulation, are still in use in America’s hospital designs today. But the reliance on them would end after WWII when microbiologist Selman Waksman discovered the antibiotic streptomycin. While most sanatoriums have been demolished or repurposed into modern facilities, the historical significance of the existing structures still show as symbols of progressive ideas and civic responsibility that were constructed by the like minds of physicians, philanthropists, and government officials. Bio:John Lazzaro is a photographer and documentary filmmaker based in Long Island, NY. Fascinated by history and storytelling, his documentaries address topics of social awareness. Hindsight (2010), offered a painful look at Long Island’s heroin epidemic. His first photo book, The Walls Still Talk documents the decades of neglect and decay of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center in Kings Park, NY as a result of deinstitutionalization. In his approach to photography, Lazzaro draws upon his experiences from documentary filmmaking in order to create a realistic, visual, and thought-provoking dialogue of the macabre. His main focus is capturing abandoned buildings and vanishing architecture throughout the United States. Lazzaro is also a member of fotofoto gallery in Huntington, NY and The Firefly Gallery in Northport, NY.

2014 National Photography Competition
2014-12-05 - 2014-12-28

Photography by Allison Rufrano and Ralph Masullo
2014-11-07 - 2014-11-30

"Civil War Re-enactors" - Lawrence Chatterton and "New York City People" - Raymond German
2014-10-03 - 2014-11-02

FREE Workshop - Building Fine Art Portfolios for Galleries and Competitions
2014-09-13 13:00 - 15:00 UTC

Kristin Holcomb - Pears AND Seth Kalmowitz - Reality Unchained
2014-09-05 - 2014-09-28

Bernice Halpern Cutler - inappropriate appropriation / Thom O'Connor
2014-08-01 - 2014-08-31

BIG Show at fotofoto
2014-07-04 - 2014-07-28

Music Unboxed concert at fotofoto gallery
2014-06-22 16:00 - 18:00

After Party Reception at Lotus
2014-05-31 18:30 - 20:30

Under The Influence - Student Photography Show
2014-05-30 - 2014-06-29

Gallery Talk by Patricia Beary and Holly Gordon
2014-05-25 14:00 - 16:00

Patricia Beary_Holly Gordon
2014-05-02 - 2014-05-25

Bruce Cohen - Faces of New York and Patchogue Artspace Photographers
2014-04-04 - 2014-04-27

Youmans - Feuerstein - O'Connor
2014-02-28 - 2014-03-31

Thom O'Connor - Hung Out to Dry
2014-02-28 - 2014-03-31

Barry Feuerstein - Waiting for Godot
2014-02-28 - 2014-03-31

Lois Youmans - Vitreous Humor
2014-02-28 - 2014-03-31

9th National Competition Winners Exhibition
2013-12-06 - 2013-12-29

Gallery Talk - POSTPONED
2013-10-19 14:30 - 16:00 | fotofoto gallery, 14 West Carver Street, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States

10th Anniversary - Special Event led by Joanne Hening, Stephen Perloff and Thomas Werner
2013-08-24 14:00 - 17:00

10th Anniversary Celebration
2013-08-02 - 2013-08-25

Richard Gardner & Michelle Carollo - SPARKBOOM Kick Off Event
2013-04-05 08:00 - 2013-04-26 17:00

Bruce Cohen & Lois Youmans
2013-03-01 17:00 - 2013-03-31 19:00
