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From his first introduction to the dark room in high school, Johnny Panessa has since been documenting his days gone by. Born in Mastic, Long Island he later found his way to New York City to skateboard and to get acquire a BA in Toy Design from FIT. Professionally working with major and private toy companies designing product for over 10 years, Johnny has since turned his professional career towards packaging for toys and children's product as Creative Director of Packaging at The Betesh Group. Throughout though, the true passion of photography has been a constant. In 2010 Johnny's Bac Ha Vietnam story was featured as story of the week on jpg.com and later in 2010 he had a very successful solo show in Greenpoint Brooklyn at The Habitat titled TOURIST which showcased over 60 of his travel images. Johnny can be found documenting his home streets of Bushwick, Brooklyn or on another worldly mission collecting images.

Web: http://www.johnnypanessaphoto.com Category: Photographer Country: USA