Ron Diorio is a visual artist working with and within the interweb. Ron's main areas of practice are video and photography and in developing programs for the interactive internet. Ron co-produced Zine TV, a series of seminal video programs on the underground self-publishing scene of 1990s.
Ron's "A photograhic imagination" (2003 - present) fotoblog project took on the intersection of documentary and digital manipulation within the context of the social networking of Fotolog and Flickr. The essential elements of the work are in exploring the plasticity of our visual preconceptions in the mega-pixel era through low resolution image captures and extensive editing.
Presently Ron lives and works in New York and is represented by Peter Hay Halpert Fine Art.
For print inquiries please contact:
Peter Hay Halpert Gallery
511 West 25th Street
Gallery 306
NY, NY 10001
email: phh at phhfineart.com
Phone: 646 827 9890
www.phhfineart.com/
Photography blog:
(relaunched)
A photograghic imagination
You can also reach me on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/in/rondiorio
Twitter
twitter.com/rondiorio
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Contacts (3,562)
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Jorge González
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Groups (50)
- Flickr Commons 503 photos, 1140 members
- Flickr Documentary Video 631 photos, 210 members
- Fotolog to Flickr 12590 photos, 346 members
- Corel Paint Shop Pro 16303 photos, 1801 members
- the pocket cinematographer 1141 photos, 158 members
- Video Killed The Flickr Photography Star (PRO VIDEO!) 158 photos, 123 members
- Extraordinary Video 1735 photos, 550 members
- Best VIDEOS on Flickr! 7561 photos, 3091 members
- Just Videos 2535 photos, 447 members
- Flickr Theatre (Videos Only) 337 photos, 99 members
- video art* 669 photos, 203 members
- Independent Art films 309 photos, 116 members
- Dangerous Video Club 649 photos, 309 members
- VLICKR 72 photos, 13 members
- STREETART 260997 photos, 19423 members
- NYCStreetPhotos 484 photos, 35 members
- ^ Film Look ^ 66 photos, 72 members
- InMotion. 856 photos, 292 members
- The Film and Video Movement 1207 photos, 361 members
- International Society for Wondrous & Ecstatic Realness on Video 694 photos, 151 members
- Abstract Video 284 photos, 104 members
- Stop-Motion Video 1107 photos, 719 members
- Moleskinerie 58765 photos, 13142 members
- Photography Slideshow Video 660 photos, 132 members
- Clip City Video 978 photos, 398 members
- Video ** shubam bam 400 photos, 130 members
- Video Central 1114 photos, 211 members
- art videos 413 photos, 327 members
- The Video 2979 photos, 399 members
- A VIDEO 4457 photos, 547 members
- Bravo video(only the very best in flickr) 2073 photos, 1137 members
- Visual Candies 7757 photos, 985 members
- The Female Condition 304 photos, 44 members
- WNYC's Street Shots | Your NYC Photography 14310 photos, 1434 members
- The Films of Filckr 204 photos, 134 members
- FlickrTube 2148 photos, 511 members
- Video Minimalism 324 photos, 118 members
- Videos on Flickr 11598 photos, 9661 members
- The Director of Photography - Video only- 465 photos, 272 members
- * The Long Photo * 721 photos, 247 members
- Blurvision video 241 photos, 214 members
- A Moving Photograph 498 photos, 590 members
- I-95.08 26 photos, 138 members
- Gothamist 77805 photos, 2190 members
- NYC Photobloggers 44730 photos, 1467 members
- 100 Things About Me 239 photos, 110 members
- blue sky enterprise 4 photos, 31 members
- NoMa Photo Group 722 photos, 34 members
- Art & Theory Nobs 11330 photos, 1240 members
- roquentin.net 2805 photos, 289 members
Testimonials (24)
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dawa powa says:
"superbe
délirant
bravo !"6th July, 2008
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i_am_bishop says:
"The photos are beautiful, but the uniquely profound vision by which he sees and interprets these images, I believe, is what makes these works of art a masterpiece."
31st August, 2007
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cabstiv says:
"Your style is surprising...
I like that, it's more than photo, more than painting...
Need a lot of skills because it's more than a effect on photoshop
Great Work!"22nd July, 2007
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alfarman says:
"ron ..i have always love your images ...thank you for making me smile ..the colours are amazing."
27th April, 2007
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addadada says:
"Stunning ART...absolutely STUNNING ...."
25th January, 2007
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Lú_ says:
"Ron Diorio's photographs are like no one else's in Utata -- or like those of no other photographer I know, for that matter. His consistent vision and technique produce painterly visions of everyday street life, distilling the complexity of life to its formal, emotional core. You cannot immerse yourself in av_producer's image-world without returning to your own and seeing its essence differently; few of us can hope to claim that."
2nd January, 2007
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Raychel Mendez says:
"your photos are like a movie."
9th December, 2006
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lavannya says:
"This is what I wrote about him in an interview with a magazine.
"He has a very different style to photography perhaps more of an art…I am unable to define my reason for liking his works. They are all street photography and that’s something I have a passion for. This is perhaps the kind of work I might not do myself but I appreciate his work a lot. ""4th December, 2006
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cariocando says:
"A GREAT artist , a source of inspiration,whose work I mostly admire , the person who first supported me on my way to
learning and loving photography"28th September, 2006
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P.E. says:
"indeed a modern day artist. seeing situations and things in his own perspective and his own style.
keep it up"18th August, 2006
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Grim Reaper With A Lawnmower says:
"Some of the photos on Ron's stream are just unreal. All of them are special, and quite often there are some amazing images on my flickr homepage and I just have to take a look. Each picture tells a story, and I'm priviliged to be able to be a part of that"
4th May, 2006
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(Fight this Generation) says:
"i like a lot this kind of art i think it's fuckin' real and surreal at the same time"
19th March, 2006
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Donald Andrew Agarrat says:
"I used to see Ron's master artistry all the time on Fotolog before I jumped ship (well, actually, that part of the deck fell apart, but that's another story); his work really influenced how I saw myself as an artist and a particularly digital photographer. His beautiful, thought-provoking work speaks for itself, but what it may not tell you is how encouraging Ron is to other artists. Ron, I appreciate you."
23rd January, 2006
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Joserri says:
"All his style is impressive of doing photos. They have a lot of force and they are provided, the photos, with an original and curious form of expression. I believe that it has been right in his way towards the photographic art. We see personages almost without face, as persons bogeys, but that fit perfectly with the expressiveness. Big photographer."
28th September, 2005
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Bertdorazio says:
"Very inspirational work."
17th August, 2005
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Lucy Spink says:
"This is a truly unique body of work which holds so much truth and feeling. You seem able to capture very small moments of time and transform them into everlasting statements on the human phsyci.
Each picture has its own story and stands by itself as such, but as I view more images, I find that a story seems to unfold about the photographer too. Your sensitivity to the human condition is beautiful."28th July, 2005
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ibanda says:
"I think it is fair to say that Ron's work is what got me into digital imaging. I first came across it on fotolog. At the time I was trying to restore some slides and toying with some image processing software. Seeing Ron's work made me realise that here was the potential for more than distortion - here was Art - in every sense of the word.
The comparison is often made with Hopper - I've done it myself. I think though that does Ron a disservice. His work is unique - each image seeing the world afresh, consistent in style without endlessly reworking the same thing and always unmistakeably his own."21st July, 2005
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lanegreene says:
"Who knew? I work with Ron, including very closely for several years, without really knowing much about his photography until Flickr came up in conversation the other day. And so I had no idea such talent lurked behind that easy smile. It's like that weird feeling you get when you find out some American icon is Canadian, or a good friend can speak Swahili and you never knew.
For most people, a photo is a moment in time, frozen. Ron's photos, though, have a beginning, a middle and an end. Each is a story, in which the photographer and the viewer are taking part too. Each one I look at, I want to know how it turns out."7th May, 2005
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-Amelie- says:
"His images, like paintings, transmit strong emotions with delicacy.
Every photo is an art's work."4th May, 2005
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deadmanguru says:
"Ron's images are always interesting, deep (physically and emotionally) and tasty. I don't often comment on his site because i got tired of typing wow and awesome etc but i go there at least once a day. I loiter in those soft shadows watching the human world, feeling....."
20th April, 2005
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Lorrie McClanahan says:
"It would be a disservice to say that Ron has tremendous technique and wows the viewer, because this is only a small part of his work's appeal. It’s my impression that he cares first and foremost about the initial capture and the feeling behind it, and I sense that only if there’s something universal in that image does he take it upon himself to draw out the essence, the very heart of the experience, for the viewer...with a very distinctive style. So, while being uniquely individual...his images appeal at a universal level. That’s just part of the paradox and intrigue: the rest really can’t be put into words at all but is certainly there to experience.
Slideshow mode is a great way to get to know this man's work. The stunning images just roll one after another."25th February, 2005
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pablokorona says:
"a while ago i was on the fence about your post-processing for maybe a day or two.. i came back to it on the second day, and stopped. Then something clicked because i swear i've experienced a similar feeling before. Then it hit. Hopper. Hopper treated the subjects similarly to how you use them, except he could paint them how he see fit and remove any elements to the image that made it too busy. This is why you use the post-processing, to help bring out the pure element of the image. They may not be clear, but we don't need them to be. We see the image and place the details into it.
I refer to hopper, but this is most definitely not an imitation or a rip of style. You have your own style, and to me it was a bit abrasive because my dislike for too much post-processing.
I'd love to see these printed on canvas in large scale."2nd February, 2005
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zen says:
"Ron is a poet with light and a visionary artist. His 'voice' has been calm and steady since i first met his art in the Fotolog days. His treatment of people in various walks of life and a multitude of complexities is both personal and universal.
Every time i see his name under a thumbnail i can't wait to see what aspect of someone's life he's peeked into."13th January, 2005
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drp says:
"I was first introduced to Ron's work on Fotolog. I feel it's beyond definition. And that's a good thing. He takes the grit and grime of daily life and turns it into an art form of subdued edges and subtle tones. The streets, the subways, the human condition itself...it all appears so much more striking from av's palette. Indeed, he knows that the fuzzy details make one think and perceive the world with a deeper creative eye than those in crystal clear focus. With that, we are left to decide what it all means to us, personally. What more can you ask of media? I doubt you'll see anything else like it around."
8th December, 2004











