User:Joshua Fortini

I am an artist first and foremost I have had a passion for Photography and Painting for most of my life, and after several tragedies in my life and losing several friends and family members, I found the inspiration for my art. There was a terrible car accident that began a series of unfortunate tragic life changing events for me, and my family. It began at the scene of the accident, an 85 year old man fell asleep behind the wheel and depressed the gas pedal in his car bringing his speed up to approx. 85 miles per hour and while his speed rose he jumped over the median into the oncoming lane and hit us head on. It was almost surreal the way the following events happened. First my fiance was rushed to the nearest hospital, where she found out that she was beginning to lose our baby. Life began to change for us.

I was considered to be the standard starving artist until my work was discovered by Lark Pinsker she encouraged me to show my work, my firt successful photographic art piece " It Happened " sold for a great amount that is when I realized that following your dreams does eventually pay off. I have always been known by my friends as the guy behind the camera. I have been into Photography since childhood, and I am still just as passionate about it now as I was as a child. Currently I am a student in digital media at I.R.S.C. and am directing my education to Photography, Videography, and Digital editing.

Look for my Art at a gallery near you !