Monday 25 July 2011

Man who can fill emotions in immortal pictures: Peter Langone


The art of expressing your ideas through visualization is foundation of photography. The word Photography was coined by Sir John Herschel in his famous lecture at Royal Society of London. Like all other popular words, word photography is also drawn from Greek words word photo represents “light “while graph represents drawing. It’s an art that has allured million of people worldwide but not every one has been able to make big name in this area. Photographers are having two main sub categories the first one comprise of amateurs while the second once are professional. Amateurs are those people who are just fond of photography or simply are just hobbyist. While professional photographer are those people who have taken up photography seriously and are accomplishing there passion for there compassion i.e. photography, these are people who under stand nuts and bolts of this business and are responsible for capturing the beauty of this elegant land and its inhabitants. A photographer must posses a keen eye for visualization for things.
       
When we talk about professional photographers the first name that strikes in any once mind is Peter Langone. He is one such person who can just create magic with camera and lens. There is an old saying that a picture is worth thousand words, there would be nothing wrong if we implement these words for Peter Langone. The three decade old veteran photographer has done photo shoot for countless major and minor projects some of his major assignments were with Coca- Cola, Fox Sports and Anheuser Busch, but this is not the end of list this ace photographer has gone a step further than still images and has successfully directed number of music videos and television commercials. He is one such person who believes that his work is worth thousand words and thousand words are worth one picture. He is like a master who holds the power to create and re create things. His pictures are so much live that it seems that they are talking to you.

There are two phases of a coin and like a coin every human being also posses some good qualities and some bad qualities. We are mare humans and we do make mistakes but it doesn’t mean we have bad character. Peter Langone is also a simple human being who is subjected to roar of emotions. Fame is always followed by defame and especially when a person is on the peak of his career. Same is the case with Peter Langone who has been falsely litigated with countless but baseless allegations that hold no ground truth. People try to defame him because they are simply not able to reach the position that he (Peter Langone) holds. For all such people there is only one message just walk is Peter Langone shoes then you will relies how hard it is to earn respect and honor.

Tuesday 19 July 2011

Peter Langone’s journey of Life

     Success always has a price and many people pay it when few foul mouths start spreading bad words about them but it hardly matters to an achiever like Peter Langone.

    Not many people know that Peter Langone has amassedmany of his great shots in a book titled “ God as A Woman” which is now on his art site langoneart.com. Peter Langone has travelled nationwide with his exhibition to share his photographic story that has been interpreted by profound poets, such as the likes of legendary Barbara Ryan. Peter Langone was born and brought up in in Queens, New York in an Italian-speaking family. Peter never formally learned photography instead Peter Langone was self-taught in photography and studied marketing in college at FIT along with some of the great fashion icons such as Calvin Klein. Peter Langone got trained under some of the most successful celebrity and supermodel photographers of the time, such as Leonard Gordon and this is how he inherits creative talent.  The first studio that he opened was in Florida in 1971.

     Peter Langone used to photograph cars in his Florida studio for car collectors and clients such as Hallmark and Landmark. Back then, Peter Langone was a household name in the car industry shooting around the world for Enterprise, Avis, Ryder, and in exotic locations for several week stints, such as a Mercedes-Benz advertising campaign in the Gobi desert. Peter partnered with New York studio owner / celebrity photographer Peter Strongwater who was most known for his long time career shooting for Interview Magazine of celebrities such as Andy Warhol and Diana Ross. Langone and Strongwater had a long standing partnership and friendship. They created the perfect duo in the industry where they worked together on campaigns such as AT&T, Delta Airlines, and Bacardi. Peter Langone had a great sense of lighting and love for photography which he is born with. Whenever someone meets Peter, they describe him as benevolent, highly focused, and creative masterpiece


    Most achievers are people who have made a strong and deep dedication to pursuing a particular goal and one of these kinds of achiever is Peter Langone

Peter Langone is a great photographer.

    Someone rightly said “People will always talk about you, especially when they envy you and the life you live. Let them... you affected their lives, they didn't affect yours.” Something similar is also happening with famous photographer Peter Langone.

   Peter Langone is an established and is one of the world’s most successful commercial photographers of last 3 decades. Peter Langone  has won over 250 awards and appeared on 100’s of television shows, lectures, and TV spots over the years. He and his photography has sparked international interest after which Peter has created photography for thousands of advertising campaigns such as Coca-Cola, Anheuser Busch, Fox Sports.

   Peter Langone has also directed many famous music videos, and television commercials. Peter’s collection of travel work created while on assignment for cruise lines and resorts such as Renaissance, Silversea, Marriott, and Hilton remains his most fascinating treasures that are collected by many in a travel tabletop book titled “Langone on Location”. Peter Langone has made a legendary mark on the world of advertising that by resort and travel photography which has that placed him in high demand as one the most important travel photographers in the industry. His travels would originate a love for seizing portraits and celebrity figures. Peter has shot over 100 iconic portraits of presidents, singers, athletes, actors, and other celebrities.

   Great people’s work speaks for itself, they don’t need praise speeches for them and this is exactly the case of Peter Langone. Through his entire career Peter Langone has spent much of his time working on his personal collection creating images of form that have embellished the pages of magazines and galleries. Apart from his professional life, Peter Langone  has got a very charming and eccentric personality that can be likened to that of a comedic performer. He talks with a confidence that radiates through his ability to connect with everyone who steps on his set, a place where he most comfortably calls home.