fotofoto gallery

The Project
2016-08-31 - 2016-09-24
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.

2nd International Phone-ography Exhibition - 2016
2016-08-03 - 2016-08-27

CUBA: Double Vision, by Sandra Carrion and Lois Youmans
2016-06-29 - 2016-07-30

2016 “Best Shot” a month long hang night
2016-06-01 - 2016-06-25

FLORAbundance by Holly Gordon and Floral Bouquet by Gallery Artists
2016-05-04 - 2016-05-28

Photography by Paul Mele and The Knox School Student Photoography Exhibition
2016-03-30 - 2016-04-30

Photography by Kristin Holcomb and Bruce Cohen
2016-03-02 - 2016-03-26

"Under the Influence" - Student Photography Show
2016-02-03 - 2016-02-27

Foto foto: Student Mentor
2016-01-13 - 2016-01-30

11th Annual National Competition - 2015
2015-12-09 - 2016-01-02

Dark Matter: Photographs by Barry Feuerstein
2015-11-04 - 2015-12-05

Gallery talk with Susan Kravitz and Susan Dooley
2015-10-11 13:00 - 14:00 UTC

Susan Kravitz & Susan Dooley
2015-09-30 - 2015-10-31

Patricia Colombraro and Seth Kamowitz
2015-09-02 - 2015-09-26

Project Lives: New York Public Housing Residents Photograph Their World
2015-07-31 - 2015-08-29

Phone-ography Exhibition
2015-07-03 - 2015-07-25

Photography by Patricia Beary and Thom O’Connor
2015-06-05 - 2015-06-28

Sandra Carrion & Lois Youmans
2015-05-01 - 2015-05-30

Steve Nunes - Michael Neamonitakis
2015-04-03 - 2015-04-26

Bruce Cohen "A Romantic Vision of Venice"
2015-04-03 - 2015-04-26

YOUR BEST SHOT: a month long hang night at fotofoto gallery
2015-02-27 - 2015-03-28

Long Island Student Invitational and Mentored Students' Show
2015-01-30 - 2015-02-21

The Knox School Student Photography Exhibition
2015-01-09 - 2015-01-24

Italy Photography Workshop Exhibition
2015-01-09 - 2015-01-24

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

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
