Hello, I'm Salvatore S.

Salvatore John Sgroi was born and raised in New York City​,​ and is an Image Creator with a love for mood​,​ atmosphere and authentic abstraction. Film and music have both been enormous inspirations for Salvatore since he was very young. Originally a musician​,​ songwriter and performer while creating the posters​,​ passes and album covers for his band in the 90s​,​ Salvatore has found that film and music have had a profoundly inspirational impact on his aesthetic eye in photography. In 2010​,​ with the birth of his daughter​,​ Salvatore began his journey into photography trying to capture those precious moments of her​,​ not yet realizing that he would soon start using the camera as a tool to create images that he always thought about achieving with other media. As Salvatore began photographing everything from bubbles to painting inside the toilet​,​ he felt a freedom from all boundaries such as time​,​ energy and space. Inspired by the history of Jazz​,​ as well as the Abstract Expressionist movement in America​,​ Salvatore has followed the connection he feels to their spontaneous​,​ improvisational process of creating. His passion for this independent means of expression has led him to create a technique for experimentation and exploration through images that reflect the wonder and abstract nature connected to our individuality. His focus is on the moment​,​ keeping objects​,​ color and emotion in mind to examine the unknown within the abstract. Currently​,​ Salvatore is working in different types of media connected to photography and the manipulation of anesthetic techniques in images. He is bringing all of himself into the images​,​ combining emotions with abstractions​,​ communicating the pain and unknown uncertainty of life with the simple awareness of being​,​ and marrying experiences with experimentation through exploration in digital imagery.