Biography
VINCENT TERIACA was born in New York on January 15, 1965, and he first entered the world of photography at the age of 13, when he took his first photographs in the borough of Queens, and soon realised he had discovered the passion of his life. His first equipment was a Kodak instant camera and a bifocal lens, both bought on Long Island, from a market stall. His very personal process of refinement and technical development began, or perhaps we should say that it continued on a more conscious place, when he took a course in Photography at Lindenhurst Junior High School, laying the foundations for a process of refinement that later had two more important stages. In 1999, he attended the School of Visual Arts (SVA), also in New York, in order to improve his understanding of techniques and of lighting inside and outside the studio, and in 2000, he took a course in fashion photography at the European Institute of Design (Babic/Meriggi) in Milan, studying graphic elaboration and photo retouching. But like so many artists, he discovered that what he thought would be his final goal, was in fact the start of a new research. Vincent reached full professional maturity, at least in technical terms, but immediately realised that this goal did not necessarily guarantee a sense of intimate personal satisfaction with his work, or with the results that it produced and expressed. His restlessness and creative urge resurfaced, having never been entirely subdued, expressed in the form of a powerful impulse, or perhaps a lifesaving demon, which led him along the road of methodical investigation and reflection, as he searched for his latent originality, and the ways, issues and language necessary to bring it to life and make it flourish. He started to study again, perfecting and refining his skills, exploiting the new opportunities for expression provided by digital elaboration, and the use of a Nikon D7000.
