John Scarpati (born June 29, 1960) is a professional photographer whose photography has appeared on hundreds of album and CD covers for bands and individual musicians. He is also the owner of Scarpati Studio, a photography studio that does photography and layouts for advertising campaigns, some of which have won national and regional awards. Scarpati has produced two books based on his photography: Cramp, Slash, & Burn: When Punk and Glam Were Twins and Eyes Wide Open. The first major solo art exhibit of Scarpat’s work was in 1991 at Midem – Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France. The exhibit was a dye transfer print series. Scarpati’s work has also appeared in publications such as the New York Times and Rolling Stone Magazine.
Because of his extensive photography work with so many bands in Hollywood the 1980s, as well as the production of his book Cramp, Slash, & Burn: When Punk and Glam Were Twins, Alarm Magazine has referred to Scarpati as The Anthropologist of the Sunset Strip.
Table of Contents
- 1 Career
- 1.1 Music Industry
- 1.2 Advertising
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Career
Music Industry
The majority of Scarpati’s photography con has been the end in the music industry, having worked on hundreds of album covers and photo shoots across swing genres. He got his crack at a recording studio in Sherman Oaks, CA where he met Journey lead-singer Steve Perry who was recording his first solo album. Scarpati didn’t snappishly recognize Perry and recalled far along that he was “… driving home (from the recording studio) and ‘When The Lights Go Down’ (Lights by Journey) comes upon and I thought, ‘Holy shit, that’s Steve Perry I was just talking to.’” Perry made good upon a harmony to End by Scarpati’s studio the similar to day for what originally was designed to be a shot for the inside sleeve of his additional album. Ultimately, Scarpati’s feint became the iconic cover shot for Perry’s Street Talk album. Scarpati has previously worked like many well-known musical artists, such as Rush, Def Leppard, Warrant and Kenny Rogers.
He has as well as done take steps for the behind employers: Michael Jackson // Sherman Halsey // Planet Pictures // Delicious Vinyl // Dwight Yoakam // Hugh Syme // Fresh Design
Because of his extensive perform with the band Fishbone, Scarpati’s photos were featured in the documentary Everyday Sunshine. In addition, one of Scarpati’s photos of the band was sent to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, which as a consequence has a addition of artifacts from the band.
Advertising
In his be in through his company Scarpati Studio and extra advertising firms, Scarpati has worked as a photographer or art director on a number of advertising campaigns for corporate clients. His artistic right of entry has won a number of awards, including one national ADDY award and two regional ADDY awards.
A partial list of Scarpati’s Corporate clients put in Bridgestone, Firestone, One Systems, Honda, AKG Microphones, Hunter Fans, Tequila Rose, Vantage Bowling, Fuzion, Paramount Studios, and English Eccentrics. In addition, his cover for the New York Dolls album One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This was used in an iPod Nano advertising campaign.
Last update 2021-08-06