Jersey native Anthony D’Amato is one of our favorite artists. His music has taken him around the world and when we saw some of his photographs, we asked if we could run them in the magazine. All of the photos shown here are available as fine art prints from his website: www.anthonydamatomusic.com/photography/ - visit our magazine version for several more photos from Anthony.
I’ve been taking pictures since I was a little kid, but it was always just a fun hobby. I started taking my good camera with me on tour in Europe in 2017, and it really changed things for me. Tour can get lonesome and monotonous, even when you’re traveling around Europe, and the camera added a fresh perspective on everything. Folks reacted really strongly to the pictures online, and I felt new excitement about the possibilities of being on the road and trying to capture all the experiences I was having out there.
I love photographing Amsterdam (the architecture, the water, the way the light hits everything). I love photographing Big Sur in California. I think it’s the most beautiful place I’ve ever spent time, and every single visit is totally different. I spent a day off on tour last fall in the Swiss Alps, and I think I could spent a lifetime shooting photographs there without ever getting bored.
I mostly shoot with a Nikon D750. It’s a pretty versatile camera and it’s sturdy enough to make me feel at least somewhat comfortable bringing it on the road, where everything gets knocked around and beat up. I shoot on my iPhone, too, and I have a pair of little detachable lenses made my a company called Moment. If I’m traveling and I can’t bring my good camera with me, I try to stick those little lenses in my pocket, especially the wide angle. They can really add a lot to what the iPhone can do, which is already pretty impressive given its size.
