Vincent Cianni Photography

11/03/2026

10/26/2026

Spent the weekend in during and visited the exhibition on as well as visited their life-size replete with a darkroom inside. See: https://www.pictorialfoundation.org/exhibitions/oculus-obscura

10/21/2026

Baltimore, part two. In 1976, I moved to Baltimore to attend Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). I lived in a studio apartment with one room, a really small kitchen, and a bathroom with a closet, which I turned into a darkroom. It was near the Hippo, a gay disco, just blocks away, just above a macrobiotic restaurant and grocery store, Green Earth, which is where I pretty much ate exclusively since I was macrobiotic at the time. (See previous post.)

I made photographs of friends, lovers, and people who lived or worked there. Some are posted here.

10/11/2026

In 1976, when I moved to Baltimore to attend MICA, I moved into a studio, approximately 140 ft.² with one room, a small kitchen, a really small kitchen, and a bathroom with a closet, which I turned into a darkroom. I lived there for two years in the center of the Gayborhood, and near the Elephant, a gay disco, just blocks away….
I lived just above a macrobiotic restaurant and grocery store, which is where I pretty much ate exclusively since I was macrobiotic at the time. (See previous post.)

I made photographs of people who lived and worked on that block and in the immediate neighborhood. Some of them are posted in the next post.

09/25/2026

I am honored to have “Act Up for a Cure, NYC Pride March” from “Archive/Journal: 1985 - 1995/2001” (Daylight Books, 2026) installed at the entrance to the Puffin Foundation Center’s “Raise Your Voice: New York Activism”, its cornerstone exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, and the successor to MCNY’s long-running “Activist New York” (see below)

Opening September 25, the new Puffin Foundation Center for New York City Activism is a permanent space dedicated to the history and ongoing legacy of civic engagement and social movements in New York City. Please click link in bio for more info.



Photo by Brad Farwell

09/12/2026

The exhibition, PETER HUJAR : CONTACT The Morgan Library & Museum explores “the creative evolution and editing process of photographer Peter Hujar (1934–1987) The exhibit features more than 110 contact sheets and 20 enlargements pulled from the Morgan’s collection of over 5,700 Hujar contact sheets, Including downtown New York cultural figures, q***r icons, and collaborators such as Marsha P. Johnson, Candy Darling, Patti Smith, and David Wojnarowicz.

08/28/2026

Luminescence, an immersive sound and light show in the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul , with a musical score of some biggies: Louis Vierne: “Kyrie”, Gabriel Fauré: “In Paradisum”, and Vivaldi’s Winter from The Four Seasons

08/19/2026

I went to Northern Liberties in Philadelphia to have my portrait made today by master daguerreotypist, Jerry Spagnoli . The is one of the first photographic processes that produced a unique fixed image with a simple box camera. It is a demanding, precise, and time-consuming process that yields one of the most detailed and sharp images of all historical and present-day processes. And because of its highly reflective surface, it has ethereal and ephemeral qualities, appearing and disappearing depending on how we look at it. Thank you Jerry!

08/12/2026

All set up in a new work space/studio in Kensington, Philadelphia, devoted exclusively to making waves 🌊

08/09/2026

Happy to share that two photographs from the NYC Pride March series are included in Swann Auction Galleries LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History auction in just over four days on August 13, 2026. Bidding begins at 10:30. For more information, see link in bio. 🌈