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Roy Caratozzolo is a street photographer in the finest sense of the word. His website contains galleries with unique names: |
Roy Caratozzolo is a street photographer in the finest sense of the word. His website contains galleries with unique names: Street, Humans, Objects, Creatures, and Earth. The Street gallery contains mostly color images that mirror an overwhelmingly positive view of life as envisioned by Caratozzolo. Ablaze in color and either about form and structure—or not—his message seems to be, “these are the good old days.” Humans is worth browsing, too. Like Street, it’s full of colorfully eclectic images that are brimming with life. Objects overflows with photographs showcasing Caratozzolo’s wry sense of humor. Don’t miss “No Child Left Behind”; it’s a wonderfully ironic photograph that viewers can appreciate on multiple levels.This drumbeat of creative imaging doesn’t let up in Creatures, which includes images of dogs, dead flies, and a horse in snow (“Eaton, CT”) that makes you want to see more like it, but Caratozzolo is off to the pig races and has even more amazing images on tap for you to see. Earth is the most coherent collection, featuring highly graphic and stylized images of the natural and manmade world in color and monochrome. Caratozzolo also has a way with captions that appear in little pop-up windows when you mouse over an image. What is most striking about the vivaciousness of Caratozzolo’s body of work is the sheer number of engaging images found on his website. They make you smile but also make you think.
