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June 10, 2023

Say Her Name.

Downtown Asheville, North Carolina. From 2020. Protest against the murder of transgender women in the United States. this photo with be part of a new book of photographs that I will be releasing in the near future.

Shot on a Nikon FM, Nikon 24mm AIS, and FujiFilm Superia 400.

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The City

January 9, 2021

Will Dance For Smiles

Autumn, 2020. Downtown Asheville, North Carolina. Dancing by the Booth Fairy stand. Shot on a Nikon EL2, Nikon 24mm AI, and FujiFilm Superia 400.

Will Dance For Smiles

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The City

February 4, 2018

Mind heart and the City

Mind heart and the City

Mind heart and the City documents downtown Asheville’s most recent iteration of gentrification as it strives to maintain the diversity of its bohemian mountain culture. The images reveal a people and culture experiencing a paradigm shift as it transitions into the new millennium. The show will be a mix of approximately 50 black and white and color silver gelatin prints captured completely on film shot over a ten year period. Although the use of film is not the main focus the project, my intent was to rediscover the 20th century humanist approach to street photography via the utilization of old manual film cameras to explore and document city life. There will be two books, Mind heart and the City and The Last Memory that will accompany the exhibition.

The exhibit will feature photographs from both books. The video below features images from the upcoming show and accompanying books. The show will run from April 6 to April 27, 2018 at the Emporium Center Gallery, 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902.

An opening reception will be held on Friday, April 6, 2018. For more information, visit http://knoxalliance.com or http://joelongobardiphotography.com/exhibits.html Also visit: https://www.instagram.com/joe_longobardi Information about books can be found at: http://singingbirdbooks.com/ “Quickening” is written and sung by Madelyn Lavender. Percussion for “Quickening” by River Guerguerian. For more music, visit http://madelynlavender.com

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The City

March 20, 2017

Meet and Greet

Downtown Asheville, North Carolina. Febraury 26, 2017.

Meet and Greet

Meet and Greet

Clown (James Mowitz) greeting the crowd at the 2017 Tenth Annual Asheville Mardi Gras Parade.

Shot on Kodak Portra 400 film.

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The City

August 6, 2016

Future Runway Model

Downtown Asheville, North Carolina.

Shot on Kodak Portra 400 film.

Future Runway Model

Future Runway Model

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The City

July 4, 2016

Break Time

Wilson Alley, Asheville, North Carolina.

Shot on Kodak Portra 400 with Nikon FM2.

Wilson Alley, Asheville

Wilson Alley, Asheville

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May 26, 2016

Saints vs Sinners

From Sunday, February 07, 2016.

Gay Pride at Asheville Mardi Gras 2016. This year’s theme was Saint vs Sinners. Shot with Nikon FM2 and Kodak Tri-X 400. Developed in Kodak HC110.

Asheville Mardi Gras 2016

Asheville Mardi Gras 2016

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January 14, 2016

Winter Rain

Haywood Street in downtown Asheville, North Carolina. Test shot on Kodak UltraMax 400 film.

Winter Rain

Winter Rain

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November 1, 2015

Woman Song

Revisiting some of my old black and white negatives of scenes from downtown Asheville, North Carolina.

These women were performing outside Greenlife Groceries just off of Merrimon Avenue in Asheville.
From 2007, shot on Kodak Tri-X.

Woman Song

Woman Song

 
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March 31, 2015

Asheville’s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

March 30, 2015

While taking some street photos in downtown Asheville, I ran across—well, how else can I put it? Spider-man! I had first seen the Marvel comic hero crossing College Street amidst a crowd of people. I wanted a candid shot of the unfolding scene, but he saw me aim my camera at him (he obviously had a Spidey sense of the situation). Busted, he approached me as I grabbed a quick shot of him with my film camera that I had at the moment (incidentally, it will be a little time before I get that roll developed). After taking the shot, he mentioned that if I wanted to get some more photographs of him, that he would be on the ledge of the BB&T building just across the street. I said that I may just show up there with my digital camera if he’s still in the area.

Spider-man on ledge of BB&T Building

Spider-man on ledge of BB&T Building

A short time later I did retrieve my other camera and headed back to where I last encountered the wall-crawler. Off in the distance on the ledge of the BB&T building I noticed he was casting webs onto the passing pedestrians below. I soon realized that because he was so far up, that the 35mm lens that I had would not be long enough to capture anything but a wide scene, with just a hint of “Spidey” poking his head over the building’s ledge.

Spider-man above College Street

Spider-man above College Street

Well, if the mountain will not come to Mohammed (or in this case, a passable Peter Parker)…

I went around the front of the BB&T building to the level Spider-man was located, but found it somewhat prohibitive without having to crawl on the brick ledge to get in close. Our friendly neighborhood arachnid realized my vain endeavor to get in close and crawled towards me in an attempt to allow for some more intimate photos. I remarked that he didn’t have to put his life at risk just so I could get a few photographs.

Well, he was more that happy to have me capture a few moments of his time. After a number of shots of the web-slinger with the city skyline framing his masked head, he asked if I would send him a few copies via his Instagram account (peter@spideyofasheville). I assured him that I would. He eventually got off the ledge and onto more solid terrain. I showed him some of the shots on the camera screen. He said that he couldn’t really see them very well and promptly removed his mask to get a better look. I responded, “If you can’t see through that mask, how the heck are you doing this?!” He laughed. He removed his mask to reveal not just his face, but how young he was—straight out of high school!

A few more words were exchanged, and I went on my way.

I added that I would keep his identity a secret. I mean, what else would you expect from Peter Parker?

Spider-man at night

Spider-man at night

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