Paul J. Pasquarello

A native of Buffalo, New York, Paul Pasquarello studied photography at the State University of New York College at Buffalo and later taught photography at the secondary and college levels. For many years, Paul was a staff photographer with the Buffalo Courier Express. Presently, he supervises Photographic Operations for the New York Power Authority. His photographs have been seen in numerous national and international publications, including Time, Newsweek, Playboy, and Paris Match. Many of the pictures in the popular Buffalo Architecture: A Guide (MIT Press) were taken by Paul, who has given special attention in his career to depicting buildings and cityscapes. Other areas of personal interest are panoramic and stereoscopic imagery. And as a licensed pilot, Paul also devotes considerable time to aerial photography. Examples of Paul’s work have appeared in exhibitions at Artpark, the State Univerisity of New York at  Buffalo, the State University of New York at Albany and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, as well as the Louvre in Paris and other institutions abroad.

Regarding his artistic process, Pasquarello expresses "I will not dwell on what prompts me or on what messages I am trying to convey in making the images. Put simply: I see, I like and I capture what pleases me."