Ashtray Art Photo Book
was selected for the Davis Orton Gallery / Griffin Museum 2022 Photobook Competition
Ashtrays were ubiquitous. We would see them at home, work, school and in stores and even Doctors offices. Air travel had smoking sections as did restaurants.
Ashtrays are still around, but they cater to a much smaller and specialized audience. So what happened to all the ceramic art deco, plastic atomic age and tin gas station ashtrays? Well I found them and photographed them. Their designs are icons of kitch, mod, retro and whatever your grandmothers living room looked like.
The Track
The Final Days of Live Racing at Suffolk Downs, Deluxe Edition
Horse and chariot racing has been practised worldwide since ancient times. The first documented horse race in 1651 France, was a result of a wager between two noblemen. In 1935, Suffolk Downs opened in Boston. When the track was sold to developers 80 years later, I decided to photograph the final days of live racing.
WOLF
Legendary singer, songwriter and front man for the J.Geils Band, Peter Wolf continues to fill music venues around the country. with his all star band, the Midnight Travelers. This collection of photographs by Joe Greene includes never before seen images from concerts, clubs, stadiums and dive bars, with backstage and intimate in studio photography.
Bike Week
Bikers and the Babes that love them, photographed by Joe Greene
Don’t Shoot
Award Winning Art Photo Book by Joe Greene
Don’t Shoot is a collection of vintage toy guns photographed by Joe Greene, selected by jurors Karen Davis ( Davis Orton Gallery ) and Paula Tongnarelli ( Griffin Museum of Photography ) for inclusion in the 2019 Davis Orton Gallery 10th Annual Group Photobook Show.
Toy guns first appeared in the mid 1860's, following the end of the American Civial War. By the early 20th century, cap guns were popularized by heroes of the American cinema and television such as Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy and the Lone Ranger, then military, secret agent and space guns were designed and sold. Most kids in the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's had a cap gun, squirt gun or space blaster.
Transistor - The Robert J Crowley Collection
Robert J Crowley, well known audio expert and inventor, was also a lifelong radio collector! It was such a pleasure photographing some of Bob's cool collection, I thought you might enjoy seeing it too with this 20 + page softcover 8.5 x 11 "ZINE"
Transistor
• Soon after the first transistor pocket size radio was invented in Dallas in 1954, manufacturers from around the adapted the technology and produced millions of transistor radios, mostly for young people.
• The colorful and whimsical designs., reflect the fashion and cultural looks of the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s
Fun Food Book
As a commercial food photographer, I spend my days staring at food. Sometimes the food stares back!