James Lattanzio

James Lattanzio was born in Astoria, New York, and studied commercial photography at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City and went on to work as a commercial interior photographer. In 2018, he was chosen as an exhibiting artist by the Klompching Gallery for their Fresh Summer Exhibition of new contemporary fine art photography and was shortlisted for the Rhonda Wilson Award celebrating new talent in fine art photography for “Varsity” his documentary portrait series on teenage athletes. In 2019, this work was presented at Mana Contemporary, and by Month of Photography, Los Angeles, and published in The Washington Post. Wanting to further his education and ability to create meaningful and concerned documentary photography he decided to attend the International Center of Photography’s prestigious Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism program and received an ICP Directors Fellowship to attend. He graduated in June of 2020.

Achievements and Awards

2021 Lucie Foundation Portrait Project Competition Finalist 2020 ESPN Assignment Award, Eddie Adams Workshop XXXIII  2020 Eddie Adams Workshop XXXIII 2020 Graduated ICP Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Program 2020 Photolucida Critical Mass Top 200 Artist 2019 ICP Directors Fellowship, Documentary and Visual Journalism Program 2019 Best of ASMP 2019 American Photography 36 Winner 2019 Month of Photography, Los Angeles Exhibitor 2019 Photolucida Critical Mass Top 200 Artist 2018 Klompching Gallery, Fresh Annual Exhibit Selection - Rhonda Wilson Award Finalist