SSLanzilotti Photography

Salvatore S. Lanzilotti

Thank you for visiting SSLanzilotti Photography. Initially, I developed my passion for photography as a medium for observation and expression in the early 1970's while living in Germany, where I was working as a teacher in the Department of Defense school system. It was there, with access to the facilities on the Mainz Army base, that I first learned to develop black and white film and print images to my liking.

Photography has been an avenue through which i have been able to integrate my professional and personal interests and values ever since, for example:

o   1971, with photos of the Roman artifacts and ruins of Augusta Treverorum, known today as Trier, in the Moselle wine region of Germany, I created an inquiry-based curriculum designed to develop students’ thinking skills;

o   1975, with the help of my students at Stoddard-Fleischer Jr. High School, in North Philadelphia, I put together a photographic essay of various sites in Philadelphia as experienced and described through writings by my inner-city teen students, and presented the resulting “book” to Minzu University, which is designated as the University for ethnic minorities in Beijing, China;

o   1989, I created a photographic essay, Life in Honolulu, for the City & County of Honolulu, that was exhibited in Hiroshima, Japan in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the sister-city affiliation between Honolulu and Hiroshima;

o   2001, I produced the article with photos, Mini ALS units take Honolulu EMS by storm, that was published in the Journal of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). The article documented the value of an innovative EMS delivery mechanism, i.e., the use of 3-wheeled vehicles, to provide emergency medical services during mass gatherings and parades;

o   2006 to 2016, I used my photography to enhance administrative and faculty communication at Kapiʻolani Community College as a member of the Chancellor’s Office, especially through presentations and the College's newsletter, The KCC Advantage.  

The development of my photographic interests while in Europe – best described as ethnophotography, served me well on my first visit to mainland China in 1975, during the last full year of the Cultural Revolution, as Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai were still alive. Some of my photos of everyday life in China (e.g., above) were published in New China magazine, including the cover photo for the January 1976 edition. Also, an article with photos, entitled “Workers' Woodcuts in the 1970's,” was published in New China in June 1976, and further developed for publication the same year as Die Kunstler von Luda (The Artists of Luta), Berlin, Germany: Thorman and Goetsch.

In January, 2015, I presented the show, “Exploring India: A First Look,” in the Library Gallery at Kapiʻolani Community College. The images in this show are of daily life (e.g., above) in present day India from Delhi to the foothills of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand. I chose to present these photographs in black and white to focus the viewer on the content of the daily lives of the people I observed rather than on the colors in their garments and the hues in their environment.

I enjoy photographing the beauty of our world and documenting visual examples of the oneness of the human condition. In the past three years I have selectively submitted some of my photographs to art shows for sale at the request of friends and organizations.

Please feel free to peruse through the pages of this website and enjoy. If so moved, send comments and inquiries via email.

Salvatore