May Competition - Architecture

Tony Triolo has been a professional photographer for over 40 years. He began his career as a staff photographer for The Huntsville Times, advancing to chief photographer, and finally to photo editor. After 20 years, Tony left the Times to move to Luxembourg, where he worked as a freelance photographer for several foreign publications and where he also taught photography at the American International School.

Upon returning to the United States, Tony was hired to direct the photographic engineering documentation group at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. During his tenure at NASA, Tony managed the teams of photographers and videographers responsible for recording the critical scientific research occurring at the center. While at MSFC, Tony directed NASA’s transition from a film to a digital photographic environment.

Tony left NASA in 2008 and began a professional film scanning business called White Glove Scanning gaining customers from around the country. Tony loves to travel while capturing the natural beauty that surrounds us. He shoots primarily with DSLRs but is transitioning to mirrorless and medium format digital equipment. Tony still shoots film on occasion, especially when working in black and white. His subjects are varied but they all share a simplicity and usually an obvious graphic quality, no doubt nurtured by his degree in architecture from Clemson University. Good composition is essential in his work, whether it be a cityscape or a scene from the natural world. Critical sharpness is important and he uses a tripod almost every time he picks up a camera.

He is the recipient of several photographic awards including the Associated Press Alabama Photographer of the Year, Alabama’s Top 100 Photographers and the Huntsville Photographic Society’s President’s Award. His photos have appeared in several publications including Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Atlanta Monthly. His photographs have been included in several books including Alabama: The Great Surprise and The Leica M8: Many Eyes, One Camera.

Tony currently lives on Lake Guntersville in Alabama.