Artist Bio: Joe Votano

Education: B.Sc, Ph.D

Background in Photography:

He has been an avid photographer since late 2005. Self-taught user of Photoshop and its plug-ins. He has taught many courses in Photoshop. He does his own printing and has received a numerous awards in color and BW prints from Merrimac Valley Camera Club and Greater Lynn Photographic Association since 2005. His images have been published in Prestige Travel Hong Kong, Michelin Travel Guide, and in Boston. com. He has published several photo-travelogues (www.usphotogroup.com) and a well-received major photo work on Boston and Cape Ann, a 200 page e-Book. He has a large range of photographic interests from architectural, creative, street, and fine art photography. His philosophy when it comes to photography other than creative, is take the shot and then attempt to make the image evoke the emotion and thinking present when the shutter was clicked. Expressing the content is central to his image taking.