Shooting Musicians

Recently I had the opportunity to photograph Los Angeles-based singing sensation Cindy Gomez.  Cindy, the latest artist from producers Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard, is an extremely beautiful woman with a fantastic voice.

Jeff Martin, the former front man for The Tea Party and now with his new group The Armada, dropped by the studio for a shoot a few weeks back.  This was a great opportunity to photograph one of Canada’s most talented musicians.  I plan on using one of the portraits in an upcoming show of mine that’s in the works.  As well as a great shoot, Jeff gave us an impromptu concert and performed a number of songs for us acoustically.  The energy in the studio that evening was amazing!

I recently directed a music video for one of the coolest bands I know – Playdeaf.  The project is in post production right now but as it’s finished and released I’ll publish a link.

A Portrait of Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco

While continuing his tradition of photographing great authors such as Pulitzer Prize winner Carol Shields, Leonard Cohen, Farley Mowat, Rino Noto had the pleasure of photographing world renowned author, professor and philosopher Umberto Eco.  Umberto Eco is known globally for his hugely successful novels The Name of the Rose and Foucault’s Pendulum, which critics have called “the thinking man’s DaVinci Code”.

Recently, an exclusive dinner was hosted by Martin Stiglio of the Italian Cultural Institute of Canada.   The dinner was held in honour of Umberto Eco at Roberto Martella’s iconic restaurant Grano.  Rino took the opportunity to set up a mini studio in the giardino and captured stunning portraits of professor and author Umberto Eco, actor Toni Nardi, director Jerry Ciccoritti, and author Antonio Nicaso (who has written over 7 books on the subject of organized crime), amongst others.

Rino is planning to exhibit this profound series in a show during the spring of 2009, followed by possible publication in a book, which fans of this portrait series can purchase for their personal collection.

Tony Nardi

Jerry Ciccoritti