About Michael Mastro, artist

Following a printing education at Don Bosco Technical Institute in Los Angeles, and studying photography under M. Richard Marx, Michael Mastro's career began before the advent of computers, as what was then known as a paste-up artist. Over the years, freelancing for advertising agencies like McDonald & Little, BDA/BBDO, and J Walter Thompson, and design firms like Direct Drive Design and Think New Ideas, Michael worked with designers like Don Trousdell, Mark Sandlin, and Blair Caplinger on a wide variety of graphic projects that included all aspects of advertising, collateral, packaging, and signage for clients like Coca-Cola, Major League Baseball, Nike, Anheuser Busch, financial and medical institutions, numerous airlines, and the travel industry.

The high level of quality demanded by the agencies and designers with whom he worked fed Mastro's perfectionism, and cultivated his personal design sense. When he wasn't working for ad agencies or design firms, he was photographing musicians, developing his own style of group portraiture. This led to work for several record labels, and recording artists like Fleetwood Mac.

Now his photography focuses on three subjects: Architecture, Industry, and Tourism.

Recently, RSA (Retirement Systems of Alabama) commissioned the artist Nall (www.nall.org) to create a permanent exhibition in the RSA/Battle House Hotel. Out of 25 artists and 250 works of art, 29 are Mastro's photographs. In addition, he produced a coffee-table book called Mobile's Cathedral, commemorating the restoration of the 154 year old Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Mobile, AL. The Mobile Press Register's Book Reviewer (and author) John Sledge called the photography "Spectacular."

Here are links to the RSA work and the Cathedral photographs:

http://www.michaelmastro.com/photo_rsa-rooftop.html
http://www.michaelmastro.com/photo_rsa_ironwork.html
http://www.michaelmastro.com/photo_rsa-triptych.html
http://www.michaelmastro.com/cathedral/book_site.html


Official Website: http://www.michaelmastro.com

Email: mm@michaelmastro.com