Victor Perrotti resides in Virginia Beach with his family. His first camera was a Kodak Pocket-Instamatic 110 purchased for him by his mother. He has been taking photographs for a majority of his life.
He embraced digital photography but never got rid of his darkroom equipment. Victor continues to shoot digital from time to time but bytes don't hold his interest like small particles of metal.
Victor holds degrees in the fields of Education and Graphic Design. After retiring from a career as a public school teacher, he thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail (NoBo).
He is continually exploring new ways to express his visions. You can often find him out searching among the waves, trees, railroad tracks, abandoned warehouses, cemeteries, telephone poles, bridges and broken glass.
I am a collector of light. My prints are fierce and full of infinite depth. The handmade experience of developing film and making prints foster a connection between my core values and the metal on the paper. Through photography, I am able to experience connections flowing back and forth between varied juxtaposed elements. These elements take the form of oscillating objects yearn for expansive environments. Within this vision, I feel an affinity for the natural world that slowly strengthens as the whole creation becomes greater than the sum of its individual parts. We are responsible for the preservation of nature.
Perspective is paramount as I gravitate toward far-reaching skies and intricate landscapes. I challenge you, the viewer, to reevaluate your presuppositions and feel what it is like to "stand outside of yourself." I am building a new reality; a reality that is your invitation to introspection. The circle feels complete when coupling analog waves and digital zeros/ones. I struggle to get it right but when I do, it's for one hundred years.
Victor Perrotti currently lives and works in Virginia Beach, Virginia
Education
| 2019 | Associates of Applied Science Degree in Graphic Design with a Specialization in Multimedia, Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth, VA |
| 2018 | Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike |
| 1989 | Master of Education, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA |
| 1986 | Bachelor of Science in Educational Leadership Services with a minor in Psychology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA |
| 1984 | Shodan, Butoku-Kai USA Division, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| Best of Show | 18th Annual Photography Exhibition, 2024. Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. |
| Radius 250 2022 | 9th Biennial Regional Juried Exhibition, 2022. Artspace, Richmond, VA. |
| NSEW: Divided by Land | United by Film, 2016. Kransberg Arts Center, Saint Louis, MO. |
| 32nd Annual Juried Photography Exhibit, 2016. Suffolk Art Gallery, Suffolk, VA. |
| 45th Annual Student Art and Design Exhibition, 2016. Tidewater Community College Visual Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA. |
| Norfolk Society for Cemetery Conservation Cemeteriescape, 2014 &2013. Selden Arcade, Norfolk, VA. |
Group Publications
| Poem — i wish i could speak in technicolour & Pinhole Photographs/January 2025. Pinhole Poetry, Issue 3.4. |
| The Living Pinhole Camera/March 2024. The Hand Magazine, Issue 44. |
| Poem — enter my soft world & Pinhole Photograph — Ocracoke/April 2023. Pinhole Poetry, Issue 2.1. |
| Photography Association Creatus October/November 2017. BLUR Magazine, Issue 57. |
| Tidewater Community College 2017. Three Forty High Street Student Art Magazine. |
| Slinsky, Kier (Ed) 2017. The f/D Book of Pinhole. Cleveland: Suggestive Press. |
| Kline, Cameron (Ed) 2016. NSEW 2016 Film Shooters Collective. Blurb. |
