Staten Island resident Tom Curitore is running for Councilman of the North Shore, district 49, hoping to succeed Mike McMahon who’s looking to win the seat in Congress being vacated by Vito Fossella. I spent a Saturday with Tom on the 13th of September, an overcast day which worked well for the portraits I had in mind. After a brief stop at Westerleigh Park whose residents were celebrating its 100th anniversary, we headed to Alice Austen House for an opening of Magnum’s 1968, a retrospective of history-changing events depicted by the agency’s photographers.
On the 30th, I photographed him again, this time along the Ferry promenade and Bay Street Landing. A soft orange sun around 5:45 provided the lighting.
Tom has held the position of Borough Transportation Commissioner on Staten Island and is now Director of Operations at Union Square Conservancy in Manhattan.
Tom Curitore speaks with residents in Westerleigh Park on Staten Island.
Tom Curitore jokes with Carl Rutberg, director of Alice Austen House during an opening for Magnum Photos.
Tom Curitore stands on the Bay Street Landing pedestrian bridge designed by Siah Armajani.
Tom Curitore on a pier near the Staten Island Ferry Terminal.
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