If you go through some of my families Images with some pretty fascinating stories take a break and go to the published articles and stories editors choice American photo you will see an incredible five page story on our accomplishments this story went worldwide and got me hooked up with all my Hollywood connections Beside our book deal We have all kinds of crazy things going on still looking for that perfect partner that’s how I do things

In 1947 Captain Tony fled Elizabeth New Jersey he actually had two contracts out on him one of those New Jersey mob things his older brother Sal it was very good friends with Tennessee Williams, Tennessee told Tony if you want to hide out key west was the place and that’s where my grandfather went he ended up arriving broke because he gambled all his money in Miami at the dog track that’s originally how we got in this predicament in New Jersey Anyway like his older brother Sal Tony love to take photos he took one of Sal‘s cameras with him when he arrived in Key West he took a bunch of photos you’ll see them in this category hundreds of them with some interesting stories there is actually 950 images that all of us has taken the last 90 years with great stories it’s worth going through You will get to watch the birth of a book a comedic look at a sexually driven mob family pretty funny stuff this site has been around for 20 years and I’m still working on it

You have entered a amazing category on the amazing website, It’s been around for over 20 years, Just this category alone has over 1000 images with some very funny stories attached to each one of them, you also get to watch the birth of a book on three family members, I have been working on this project for 18 years The beauty of these three characters is they were all published photographers kind of risky stuff over a 90 year span my great uncle Sal has his first studio 1929 his little brother captain Tony famous mob guy at a New Jersey big smuggler out of Key West to Cuba owned the Hemingway bar and then became mayor of Key West he has some interesting photos he took ha ha And myself Keith I’ve been published for over 42 years over 1200 published exotic dancers Since this is a birth of a book there is a lot of misspelled words not edited yet so please excuse me

If you made it this far on this website you have entered a very fascinating category there is over 1000 images in this category taken by three family members my great uncle Sal who had a photography studio as far back as a late 20s also a performer and was in the mob then you have the famous Captain Tony maybe you know him famous rum smuggler on the original Hemingway bar in Key West had some serious New Jersey mob connections and was the mayor of Key West that’s my grandfather and then you have me Keith Terracina a Publix Photographer for over 42 years published over 1200 exotic dancers and three different magazines may be a world record all three of us were on a mission there’s a great book we’re working on it’s a comedic look at a sexually driven mob family hilarious stories with photo back up if you like gangster, very sexy women, incredible people of New York City you’ll love this category I have been working on it for 20 years imagine 1000 images with stories and as f

Don’t freak out you have entered a category on this amazing website that has been around for over 20 years this category right here has over 1000 images with some pretty wild stories every photograph was either taken by my great uncle Sal or the famous Captain Tony from Key West that’s Sal‘s little brother and my grandfather we were all published photographers over a 90 year span and we all had studios you’re actually seeing a birth of a book it’s a comedic look at a sexually driven mob family Yes the family has mob connections out of Florida and New Jersey my great grandfather Luigi Costello Terracina started everything in 1909 this image right here was when I covered the music box I did a website for them it was the first gay sports club in New York if you go to another one of my websites portraitsofnewyork.com Simply go to the category, In and Out

You are on a category right now that has 900 images on it with some pretty interesting stories attached to them it’s all about these three photographers and it spans over 90 years by these three guys my great uncle Sal my famous grandfather Captain Tony Terracina from Key West and myself Keith West Terracina what you’re looking at here is my image bank of New York I spent 30 years on the streets of New York City and at night covering the evil wicked nightlife there is over 65,000 images on this image bank that I edited out of 300,000 it might be the largest Image bank in New York City by one artist What you’re looking at here is to New York heroin junkie’s shooting up under a blanket I threw in a little selfie and everybody was trying to help these two we all knew them

There is lots of interesting categories on this website I had it for over 20 years this category right here is my favorite it is still in art project in the works and if you follow it you will see the birth of our book a comedic look at a sexually driven mob family many different meetings to that title there’s over 900 images on this category along with matching funny stories it’s over 90 years of photography from three pretty wild guys, my great uncle Sal, my grandfather the famous Captain Tony from Key West New Jersey mob guy rum smuggler out of Cuba bought the original Hemingway bar Then he convinced the city of Key West to make him mayor in 1989 and the last wild photographer publishished for over 42 years Me Keith West Terracina I work for the Key West citizen newspaper And in New York I published over 1200 exotic dancers one of my claim to fame if you go to the mask section on the side you’ll find out what’s going on with these guys this was in my studio 20 years ago

This portrait is famous for a bunch of reasons first of all it got me to spend twice twice on Facebook for 30 days each time because I called her a 320 pound full day with a Mike Tyson over hand right she was my grandfathers bouncer before I started working there 1971 through 1973 I started working the door and 76 Anyway Sal did her portrait above Captain Tony’s saloon where Sal had a really wild mask photography studio if A customer was bothering a girl in the bar Tonia will get one warning please leave the girl alone if the customer gave tiny of the finger or started bothering the customer again she will knock them out have been many times this category on this site you’re on right here Has over 900 images with some pretty wild stories they were taken by either Sal Captain Tony himself or me between all three of us we covered 90 years of some pretty wild times enjoy this category you are witnessing a birth of a book

This category you’re on in this website is really something amazing there is over 900 images shark by three different family members over a span of 90 years all three are published photographers Sal Captain Tony from Key West and Keith Terracina what’s interesting about this category is all the images have some very interesting stories You’re getting to watch a birth of a book it’s a comedic look at a sexually driven mob family you will see it as you start looking at the images and reading the stories I had this site for over 20 years and it is still a art project in the works Stick with this category we’re having a little problem with our spellcheck but that should be all fixed soon these are just some random people that all three of us shot

Most everybody has seen this promo photo before it’s my great uncle Sal‘s first promo picture before he became the great Saltar it was taken in 1929 Sal was 18 years old just got out of Rahway state prison for armed robbery it was a set up the police in Elizabeth didn’t like Sal making crazy masks and being gay Back in the 20s Rahway state prison had a juvenile division Sal only served seven months there but he started a gang That was called the duel dagger gang That gang Stayed active for over 10 years this promo picture was used all the way through prohibition especially Chicago If you go to Published Ads and stories On this site you will see this picture pop up on a lot of Chicago nightclubs the Peacock Lounge and the Otis beer Tunnel they were Operated by my great grandfather Luigi’s cousin Frank Costello this is all true while you’re on this category on this site you will see 900 photographs with some pretty fascinating stories it covers the span of 90 years every imag

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