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Photographic images for hospitality, healthcare, marine & corporate art</h1></span><br> <div> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" border="0" style="width: 675px; height: 1897px;"> <!--DWLayoutTable--> <tbody> <tr> <td width="125" valign="top" height="170"><img width="117" height="120" src="/users/JoeGemignani5350/Image//BKLYN Bridge.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <br /> <img width="120" height="124" src="/users/JoeGemignani5350/Image//Gemignani_MiamiLifeguard3.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td width="420" valign="top"> <p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"> </font></p> <font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"> </font> <p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /> </span></font></font></font></p> <font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"> </font> <p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><br /> </font></p> <p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">July 2007</font></p> <font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><font size="3" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">New York to Miami</font><br style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Solo Exhibit<br /> Corporate Canvas Gallery<br /> Wilmington, NC</span> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="125" valign="top" height="170"><img width="120" height="158" alt="Joe Gemignani's Beach Umbrellas fine art featured on cover. Copyright Natural Awakenings." src="/users/JoeGemignani5350/Image//Natural Awakenings Cover web.gif" /></td> <td width="420" valign="top"> <p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><strong><font color="#9e3c21">February 2006</font></strong><br /> <em style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><strong>Natural Awakenings</strong></em><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> </span><strong style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Magazine<br /> "Beach Umbrellas"</strong></font> <br /> <font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Selected for cover image. "About The Cover Artist" <br /> biographical information appears inside</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="170"><img width="120" height="119" alt="Beach umbrellas polaroid art print Copyright Joe Gemignani" src="/users/JoeGemignani5350/Image//Umbrellas on Beach web.jpg" /></td> <td valign="top"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#9e3c21"><strong>January 2006</strong></font><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><br /> <strong style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Expo of the Heart Juried Competition<br /> Beach Umbrellas awarded Best in Show</strong></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="170"><img width="120" height="156" alt="US Artists magazine features Polaroid art of Joe Gemignani" src="/users/JoeGemignani5350/Image//UsArtists Cover Joe.gif" /></td> <td valign="top"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><strong><font color="#9e3c21">November/December 2005</font></strong><br /> <em style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><strong>Us Artists </strong></em><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Magazine </span><br style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" /> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> Premiere Issue Spotlight Artist</span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">"Joe Gemignani: Photographer, Polaroid Artist, Businessman"</span></strong><br /> </font><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hes a successful practitioner of a unique breed of art called Polaroid Manipulations. The style involves using small hand instruments to alter the surface of a Polaroid photograph to effectively transform it into a surreal watercolor existence. Joe Gemignanis main focus within this genre of art is tropical beachscapes.</span> </font><font size="2"> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="170"><img width="120" height="156" alt="Copyright Food & Wine" src="/users/JoeGemignani5350/Image//Food & Wine April web.gif" /></td> <td valign="top"> <p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><strong><font color="#9e3c21">April 2005</font></strong><br /> <strong><em style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Food & Wine</em><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> Magazine</span><br style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" /> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> Grand Lido Resorts & Spas</span><br /> </strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Advertisement</span></font><br /> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="170"><img width="120" height="162" alt="Copyright Gourmet magazine" src="/users/JoeGemignani5350/Image//Gourmet web.gif" /></td> <td valign="top"> <p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><strong><font color="#9e3c21">February 2005</font><br /> <em style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Gourmet</em><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> Magazine</span><br style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" /> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> Grand Lido Resorts & Spas</span><br /> </strong></font><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Advertisement</font><br /> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="170"><img width="120" height="155" border="0" alt="Joe Gemignani's Polaroid art featured in Art Business News magazine. Copyright Art Business News" src="/users/JoeGemignani5350/Image//ABN feb web.gif" /></td> <td valign="top"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><strong><font color="#9e3c21">February 2005</font><br /> <em style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Art Business News</em><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> Magazine</span><br style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" /> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> "Art Provides Ticket to Paradise</span></strong></font><font size="2" color="#333333"><strong style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">"</strong><br /> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Its that time of year again. The weather is gray and gloomy throughout much of the country. While few of us are able to escape to a sunny paradise, with a little help from beachscape painting or photography, all of us can enjoy a little piece of the tropics at home. I want people to be at home or at work to be able sit back in their chairs and just visualize themselves being there, said Polaroid Artist Joe Gemignani...</font></font><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="170"><img width="120" height="158" alt="Gemignani Polaroid Art feature. Copyright Las Olas Magazine and Lincoln Road Magazine" src="/users/JoeGemignani5350/Image//LOLRM web.gif" /></td> <td valign="top"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><strong><font color="#9e3c21">Winter 2005</font><br /> <em style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Las Olas</em><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> Magazine &</span><br style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" /> <em style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Lincoln Road</em><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> Magazine</span><br style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" /> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> "Focused on the Future</span></strong></font><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><strong style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">"</strong><br /> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Two decades ago, photographer Joe Gemignani stumbled upon a Polaroid SX-70 camera that changed the direction of his lifeand careerforever...</span></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="170"><img width="120" height="155" alt="Feature Joe Gemignani and his photography. Copyright Gold Coast Magazine" src="/users/JoeGemignani5350/Image//Gold Coast nov web.gif" /></td> <td valign="top"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><strong><font color="#9e3c21">November 2004</font><br /> <em style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Goldcoast</em><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> Magazine</span><br style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" /> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> "A New Ocean View</span></strong></font><font size="2" color="#333333"><strong style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">"</strong><br /> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Polaroid Artist Joe Gemignani followed his artistic instincts and shot the subject matter he loved mostthe South Florida beaches. Then, with wooden sticks and other sharp tools, he applied his painting technique on the soft emulsion of the freshly ejected Polaroid film to create impressionistic images...</font></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="170"><img width="120" height="155" alt="Feature of Visual Impressions Gallery of Arts & Letters. Copyright CitySmart" src="/users/JoeGemignani5350/Image//CS oct web.gif" /></td> <td valign="top"> <p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><strong><font color="#9e3c21">October 2004</font><br /> <em style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">CitySmart</em><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> Magazine</span><br style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" /> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> "Creative Space: South Floridas first arts & letters gallery is couples dream come true</span></strong></font><font size="2" color="#333333"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">"</span><br /> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Light wood floors, minimal furnishings and artwork-lined walls combine to complete the look of a renovated SoHo loft gallery. Thats the exact feeling co-owners Joe Gemignani and Shelley Lieber, a husband and wife creative team, wanted to achieve...</font></font><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="170"><img width="120" height="155" alt="News article about installation of Joe Gemignani's fine art photo prints. Copyright Art World News." src="/users/JoeGemignani5350/Image//AWN web.gif" /></td> <td valign="top"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><strong><font color="#9e3c21">October 2004</font></strong><br /> <strong style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><em>Art World News</em> Magazine<br /> Gemignanis Prints for Fontainebleau Resort</strong><br /> </font><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fontainebleau II, a new condominium hotel, opens this fall with a display of 400-plus Polaroid prints by Joe Gemignani...</font><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="170"><img width="120" height="155" alt="News about installation of Joe Gemignani's photography at Miami Beach hotel. Copyright Art Business News." src="/users/JoeGemignani5350/Image//ABN oct web.gif" /></td> <td valign="top"> <p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><strong><font color="#9e3c21">October 2004</font></strong></font><br /> <font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><strong><em>Art Business News</em> Magazine<br /> Bringing the Beach Indoors</strong></font><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><br /> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> A selection of Polaroid artist Joe Gemignanis beach images will hang on the walls of all 30 floors in the new Fontainebleau II hotel, allowing the visitors to view the beach from the indoors...</span></font><br /> </p> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="170"><img width="120" height="120" alt="Beach chairs photo art Copyright Joe Gemignani" src="/users/JoeGemignani5350/Image//Golden Beach Chairs web.jpg" /></td> <td valign="top"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><strong><font color="#9e3c21">October 2004</font></strong></font><br /> <font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><strong style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><em>Herald.com</em>: Indie Spotlight</strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> (The Miami Herald web site)</span><br style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" /> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> Spotlight on Visual Arts / Joe Gemignani</span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Photographer-artist Joe Gemignani alters Polaroid SX-70 photographs by hand, using a technique applied directly to the film. Like an artist paints a canvas with a brush, he strokes the entire surface of the photographs emulsion with his tools. The process creates an image that is more like a painting than a photograph.</span></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="3"> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><div> Visual Impressions publishes Polaroid Art by Joe Gemignani, fine art photographic images for corporate art, healthcare art , hospitality art, marine art and residential art use. </body> ]]>