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Di Camillo rose to prominence as a ] quickly, within four years of his first photographic activity. His work has been compared favorably to that of his influences, including ], ] and ] (other stated influences<ref>https://ginamilicia.com/2018/09/ep-214/</ref> include ], ], ] and ]).<ref>http://www.ibarionex.net/thecandidframe/2016/9/18/the-candid-frame-340-donato-dicamillo</ref> Priscilla Frank wrote in the ]: "The photographer remains committed to capturing people on the fringes of society, those that often remain unseen or, even worse, deliberately ignored. The sharp and colorful images linger on every single sloppy detail, translating the ugly beauty of being a human being into intoxicating images that, like a shot of hard booze, will burn in a good way."<ref name="huffingtonpost">{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donato-di-camillo-photography_us_57cf1390e4b03d2d4596b601|website=HuffPost|title=In Prison, A Man Decided To Become A Photographer. 10 Years Later, He Is One|accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref> Di Camillo rose to prominence as a ] quickly, within four years of his first photographic activity. His work has been compared favorably to that of his influences, including ], ] and ] (other stated influences<ref>https://ginamilicia.com/2018/09/ep-214/</ref> include ], ], ] and ]).<ref>http://www.ibarionex.net/thecandidframe/2016/9/18/the-candid-frame-340-donato-dicamillo</ref> Priscilla Frank wrote in the ]: "The photographer remains committed to capturing people on the fringes of society, those that often remain unseen or, even worse, deliberately ignored. The sharp and colorful images linger on every single sloppy detail, translating the ugly beauty of being a human being into intoxicating images that, like a shot of hard booze, will burn in a good way."<ref name="huffingtonpost">{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donato-di-camillo-photography_us_57cf1390e4b03d2d4596b601|website=HuffPost|title=In Prison, A Man Decided To Become A Photographer. 10 Years Later, He Is One|accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref>

⚫ His photo essay blog, Faces & Places,<ref>https://commonreader.wustl.edu/category/faces-places/</ref> appears weekly in The Common Reader,<ref>https://commonreader.wustl.edu</ref> a publication of ].


==Background== ==Background==
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Di Camillo became intensely interested in photography while serving out a federal prison sentence in ]<ref name="bop">{{cite web|url=https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/pem/|website=bop.gov|title=FCI Petersburg Medium|accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref> in Hopewell County, Virginia. After his release in 2012, he taught himself to use a camera while under home confinement. At first, he photographed, bugs, plants and other subjects within the 120 feet of the home he was restricted to. Upon gaining his freedom, he turned his lens toward people. In part due to his sensational backstory, he and his work were soon featured in publications and news broadcasts around the world, including the BBC, Washington Post,<ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2016/09/28/this-former-associate-of-a-crime-family-turned-his-life-around-and-now-takes-incredible-photos/?noredirect=on|website=The Washington Post|title=The Washington Post|accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref> CBC<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/824964675532</ref> and Huffington Post.<ref name="huffingtonpost2">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donato-di-camillo-photography_us_57cf1390e4b03d2d4596b601|website=HuffPost|title=In Prison, A Man Decided To Become A Photographer. 10 Years Later, He Is One|accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref> He was also invited to speak at the Hearst magazines annual summit. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Di Camillo became intensely interested in photography while serving out a federal prison sentence in ]<ref name="bop">{{cite web|url=https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/pem/|website=bop.gov|title=FCI Petersburg Medium|accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref> in Hopewell County, Virginia. After his release in 2012, he taught himself to use a camera while under home confinement. At first, he photographed, bugs, plants and other subjects within the 120 feet of the home he was restricted to. Upon gaining his freedom, he turned his lens toward people. In part due to his sensational backstory, he and his work were soon featured in publications and news broadcasts around the world, including the BBC, Washington Post,<ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2016/09/28/this-former-associate-of-a-crime-family-turned-his-life-around-and-now-takes-incredible-photos/?noredirect=on|website=The Washington Post|title=The Washington Post|accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref> CBC<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/824964675532</ref> and Huffington Post.<ref name="huffingtonpost2">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donato-di-camillo-photography_us_57cf1390e4b03d2d4596b601|website=HuffPost|title=In Prison, A Man Decided To Become A Photographer. 10 Years Later, He Is One|accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref> He was also invited to speak at the Hearst magazines annual summit.


==Beach Body Bingo==
⚫ ==Projects, Exhibits and Commissions==
Di Camillo received international attention for his Beach Body Bingo<ref>https://www.lensculture.com/projects/296397-beach-body-bingo</ref> project, focused on the community on and around the famed boardwalk in ], N.Y. Di Camillo received international attention for his Beach Body Bingo<ref>https://www.lensculture.com/projects/296397-beach-body-bingo</ref> project, focused on the community on and around the famed boardwalk in ], N.Y.


"I chose Coney Island for a number of reasons, but mainly it is a true melting pot for so many timeless opportunities," he said of the project. "I've been to many different beaches but nothing really compares to Coney Island. Its magical nostalgia pulls you in, in the most subtle way. From its colorful backdrop to its iconic landscape, Coney Island provides the perfect platform for capturing the ironic realities associated with this small but wonderfully colorful part of Brooklyn N.Y. that people travel from across the globe to visit."<ref>https://www.lensculture.com/projects/296397-beach-body-bingo</ref> "I chose Coney Island for a number of reasons, but mainly it is a true melting pot for so many timeless opportunities," he said of the project. "I've been to many different beaches but nothing really compares to Coney Island. Its magical nostalgia pulls you in, in the most subtle way. From its colorful backdrop to its iconic landscape, Coney Island provides the perfect platform for capturing the ironic realities associated with this small but wonderfully colorful part of Brooklyn N.Y. that people travel from across the globe to visit."<ref>https://www.lensculture.com/projects/296397-beach-body-bingo</ref>


⚫ ==Projects, Exhibits and Commissions==
His Coney Island portraits were featured in the group exhibit, ''Greetings from Coney Island'', which ran from June through September 2018 in the Hon. Charles P. Sifton Gallery of the U.S. Eastern District Courthouse in Brooklyn,<ref>https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2018/07/05/greetings-from-coney-island-exhibition-opens-at-eastern-district-courthouse-gallery/</ref> as well as the 2018 Perugia Social Photo Fest<ref>https://www.perugiasocialphotofest.org/en/donato-di-camillo/</ref> in Perugia, Italy. Di Camillo’s Coney Island portraits were featured in the group exhibit, ''Greetings from Coney Island'', which ran from June through September 2018 in the Hon. Charles P. Sifton Gallery of the U.S. Eastern District Courthouse in Brooklyn,<ref>https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2018/07/05/greetings-from-coney-island-exhibition-opens-at-eastern-district-courthouse-gallery/</ref> as well as the 2018 Perugia Social Photo Fest<ref>https://www.perugiasocialphotofest.org/en/donato-di-camillo/</ref> in Perugia, Italy.


Di Camillo was commissioned to photograph the denizens of Louisiana in November 2016. His subjects included descendants of slaves, the Lake Charles SWAT team and a leader of the United Daughters of The Confederacy.<ref name="insidehighered">{{cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/education-oronte-churm/nyc-street-photographer-donato-dicamillo-deep-south|title=NYC Street Photographer Donato DiCamillo, in the Deep South &#124; The Education of Oronte Churm|website=insidehighered.com|accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref> The following year, he carried out a similar project in Cuba.<ref name="nationalgeographic2">{{cite web|url=https://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/10934524/|website=National Geographic|title=Boys will be boys Photo by Donato Di Camillo &#8212; National Geographic Your Shot|accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="donatodicamillo2">{{cite web|url=https://www.donatodicamillo.com/artists/#/cuba/|title=Projects|website=Donato DiCamillo|accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref> Di Camillo was commissioned to photograph the denizens of Louisiana in November 2016. His subjects included descendants of slaves, the Lake Charles SWAT team and a leader of the United Daughters of The Confederacy.<ref name="insidehighered">{{cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/education-oronte-churm/nyc-street-photographer-donato-dicamillo-deep-south|title=NYC Street Photographer Donato DiCamillo, in the Deep South &#124; The Education of Oronte Churm|website=insidehighered.com|accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref> The following year, he carried out a similar project in Cuba.<ref name="nationalgeographic2">{{cite web|url=https://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/10934524/|website=National Geographic|title=Boys will be boys Photo by Donato Di Camillo &#8212; National Geographic Your Shot|accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="donatodicamillo2">{{cite web|url=https://www.donatodicamillo.com/artists/#/cuba/|title=Projects|website=Donato DiCamillo|accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref>
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That same month, Di Camillo's work was featured in The O.G. Experience,<ref>https://www.hbo.com/movies/og/art-experience</ref><ref>http://www.papermag.com/hbo-the-og-experience-exhibit-2629973752.html?rebelltitem=20#rebelltitem20</ref><ref>https://reason.com/blog/2019/02/20/hbos-og-experience-turns-prison-art-into</ref><ref>https://nylon.com/the-og-experience-exhibition-review</ref> an art exhibit in Manhattan, inspired by and sponsored by ]' drama, '']''. The art on display was created by artists who were formerly incarcerated in the U.S. prison system. That same month, Di Camillo's work was featured in The O.G. Experience,<ref>https://www.hbo.com/movies/og/art-experience</ref><ref>http://www.papermag.com/hbo-the-og-experience-exhibit-2629973752.html?rebelltitem=20#rebelltitem20</ref><ref>https://reason.com/blog/2019/02/20/hbos-og-experience-turns-prison-art-into</ref><ref>https://nylon.com/the-og-experience-exhibition-review</ref> an art exhibit in Manhattan, inspired by and sponsored by ]' drama, '']''. The art on display was created by artists who were formerly incarcerated in the U.S. prison system.


Di Camillo shared a collaborative exhibition and panel discussion with internationally-acclaimed fashion, fine art and docuemntary photographer ]<ref>https://www.annenbergphotospace.org/person/jamel-shabazz/</ref> at the Photoville festival in Brooklyn in September 2019.<ref>https://photoville.nyc/perspectives-a-conversation-led-by-jamel-shabazz/</ref>
⚫ His photo essay blog, Faces & Places,<ref>https://commonreader.wustl.edu/category/faces-places/</ref> appears weekly in The Common Reader,<ref>https://commonreader.wustl.edu</ref> a publication of ].


Di Camillo conducts workshops<ref name="photoville">{{cite web|url=http://photoville.com/space-invaders-getting-up-close-personal-with-donato-dicamillo/|title=Space Invaders: Getting Up Close and Personal with Donato DiCamillo|website=Photoville|accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref><ref>https://www.donatodicamillo.com/blog/</ref> in New York City and other cities (including Havana). He currently resides in Staten Island, NY. Di Camillo conducts workshops<ref name="photoville">{{cite web|url=http://photoville.com/space-invaders-getting-up-close-personal-with-donato-dicamillo/|title=Space Invaders: Getting Up Close and Personal with Donato DiCamillo|website=Photoville|accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref><ref>https://www.donatodicamillo.com/blog/</ref> in New York City and other cities (including Havana). He currently resides in Staten Island, NY.

==COVID-19 Photography==
Di Camillo is a primary photographic and video documentarian of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in New York City.<ref>https://www.donatodicamillo.com/covid19photos</ref> He is credited, along with with John Griswold, with exposig the overflow conditions in funeral homes caused by the crisis. <re>https://commonreader.wustl.edu/c/to-live-and-die-with-covid-19-in-new-york/?fbclid=IwAR2IQ9SJErx8qegWIwibUNk3GTq5TdtLiJ1DifZqSo_7fConBoRXFofBaNU</ref>


==Awards== ==Awards==

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Donato Di Camillo is an American photographer and video documentarian, best known for his New York City street photography and documentary portraits of the fringe and underdog populations of the United States. His work has been celebrated around the world and featured in publications including American Photo magazine, Stern and Amateur Photographer.

Di Camillo rose to prominence as a street photographer quickly, within four years of his first photographic activity. His work has been compared favorably to that of his influences, including Bruce Gilden, Robert Frank and Diane Arbus (other stated influences include Richard Avedon, Sally Mann, Martin Parr and Garry Winogrand). Priscilla Frank wrote in the Huffington Post: "The photographer remains committed to capturing people on the fringes of society, those that often remain unseen or, even worse, deliberately ignored. The sharp and colorful images linger on every single sloppy detail, translating the ugly beauty of being a human being into intoxicating images that, like a shot of hard booze, will burn in a good way."

His photo essay blog, Faces & Places, appears weekly in The Common Reader, a publication of Washington University in St. Louis.

Background

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Di Camillo became intensely interested in photography while serving out a federal prison sentence in Federal Correctional Institution, Petersburg in Hopewell County, Virginia. After his release in 2012, he taught himself to use a camera while under home confinement. At first, he photographed, bugs, plants and other subjects within the 120 feet of the home he was restricted to. Upon gaining his freedom, he turned his lens toward people. In part due to his sensational backstory, he and his work were soon featured in publications and news broadcasts around the world, including the BBC, Washington Post, CBC and Huffington Post. He was also invited to speak at the Hearst magazines annual summit.

Beach Body Bingo

Di Camillo received international attention for his Beach Body Bingo project, focused on the community on and around the famed boardwalk in Coney Island, N.Y.

"I chose Coney Island for a number of reasons, but mainly it is a true melting pot for so many timeless opportunities," he said of the project. "I've been to many different beaches but nothing really compares to Coney Island. Its magical nostalgia pulls you in, in the most subtle way. From its colorful backdrop to its iconic landscape, Coney Island provides the perfect platform for capturing the ironic realities associated with this small but wonderfully colorful part of Brooklyn N.Y. that people travel from across the globe to visit."

Projects, Exhibits and Commissions

Di Camillo’s Coney Island portraits were featured in the group exhibit, Greetings from Coney Island, which ran from June through September 2018 in the Hon. Charles P. Sifton Gallery of the U.S. Eastern District Courthouse in Brooklyn, as well as the 2018 Perugia Social Photo Fest in Perugia, Italy.

Di Camillo was commissioned to photograph the denizens of Louisiana in November 2016. His subjects included descendants of slaves, the Lake Charles SWAT team and a leader of the United Daughters of The Confederacy. The following year, he carried out a similar project in Cuba.

In February 2019, Di Camillo received international attention for his portraits and exposure of the homeless community in affluent Cape May County, N.J.

That same month, Di Camillo's work was featured in The O.G. Experience, an art exhibit in Manhattan, inspired by and sponsored by HBO Films' drama, O.G.. The art on display was created by artists who were formerly incarcerated in the U.S. prison system.

Di Camillo shared a collaborative exhibition and panel discussion with internationally-acclaimed fashion, fine art and docuemntary photographer Jamel Shabazz at the Photoville festival in Brooklyn in September 2019.

Di Camillo conducts workshops in New York City and other cities (including Havana). He currently resides in Staten Island, NY.

COVID-19 Photography

Di Camillo is a primary photographic and video documentarian of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in New York City. He is credited, along with with John Griswold, with exposig the overflow conditions in funeral homes caused by the crisis. <re>https://commonreader.wustl.edu/c/to-live-and-die-with-covid-19-in-new-york/?fbclid=IwAR2IQ9SJErx8qegWIwibUNk3GTq5TdtLiJ1DifZqSo_7fConBoRXFofBaNU</ref>

Awards

Di Camillo was listed among LensCulture magazine's 100 Top Street Photographers Awards of 2016 (in its international competition among artists in 141 countries) and a finalist in its 2018 Portrait Awards.

Sources

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  22. https://commonreader.wustl.edu/cape-may-new-jersey/ "Hugh, Cape May, N.J."
  23. https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/entertainment/arts/man-on-mission-to-give-homeless-people-some-dignity-by-photographing-them-as-if-they-are-royalty/18/02/ Man on mission to give homeless people some dignity – by photographing them as if they are royalty
  24. https://www.nj.com/cape-may-county/2019/03/stark-images-show-jersey-shore-countys-homeless-problem-these-stories-need-attention.html Images show New Jersey's homeless problem
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  30. https://photoville.nyc/perspectives-a-conversation-led-by-jamel-shabazz/
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  35. "WINNERS—LensCulture Portrait Awards 2018". lensculture.com. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
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