Christopher Capozziello
Photographer
Christopher Capozziello was born in Milford, Connecticut, in 1980. He studied photojournalism at Rochester Institute of Technology with a concentration in perspectives on religion.
His work concentrates on inviting viewers into personal stories to understand different facets of life. He has done extensive photographic work on substance use disorders, racism, healthcare, and American Christianity.
Capozziello has received awards from World Press Photo, Pictures of the Year International, Communication Arts, American Photography, Photo District News Photo Annual, the Lumix Festival, Art Director’s Club, Photo Lucida’s Critical Mass, the Magenta Foundation, NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism, among others. He has received grant support from NPPA, the Alexia Foundation, the McGraw Center for Business Journalism and has been shortlisted for many others.
His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in numerous group shows, and solo exhibitions that include the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, Connecticut, the Freelens Gallery in Hamburg, Germany, The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado, The Julia Dean Photo Workshops in Los Angeles, California, 360 Gallery at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, and Yours Gallery in Warsaw, Poland.
His debut book, about his twin brother Nick, “The Distance Between Us,” was published in October 2013 with Edition Lammerhuber, an Austrian-based publisher. Nick has cerebral palsy. The book demonstrates their love and hope set against Chris’ pain and frustration as he watches Nick experience life with much more struggle and pain than he does.
Chris has collaborated with clients including TIME, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, AARP, Le Monde, Open Society Institute, Neon Magazine, MSNBC, NPR, and many others.
Chris is currently based in Hartford, Connecticut.
Nick has Cerebral Palsy. At 35, he still lives with his parents. His twin brother Chris feels a chronic guilt for being capable in ways that Nick isn’t. As Nick take his first steps towards independence, is the family ready for the change?
In 1987, Catherine Russell first stepped on stage in the play, Perfect Crime. Twenty-five years and only four missed performances later, she’s in The Guinness Book of World Records for the most performances by an actor in a single part.