Pittsburgh's 18ricco

  Hey everyone on FB I pray yinz are all well n blessed! I wanted to see if anyone needed my photography and video skills I broke this lens ($2000.00 lens) in a scooter accident    last month and don't have insurance on it so I was trying to get some more contracts for photos videos social media content being admin of your social media and or more to be able to replace this lens! If you don't need any of that and want to help my cashapp is $18ricco type lens when you send anything! I want to thank you in affable for any contact, donation or for thinking about me in this time!  

  I shot this concert with Mint Condition in 2016 at the Monroeville Convention center it was held by the CEA Community Empowerment Association. Was great I got to interview them and photograph them in the greenroom! #18ricco   #cea   #pittsburgh   #pittsburghphotographer   #pittsburghconcerts   #mintcondition https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ0gLxejVlR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

  The Art Renaissance Collective ARC is a newly founded collective of seasoned artists. For years ARC has invested their art form into the broader Pittsburgh culture landscape sustaining the black arts legacy in Pittsburgh.  CEA President says, " WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND TRANSFORM, COLLABORATE, COORDINATE AND LEVERAGE ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES".  This event is Feb 19th 2pm at Community Empowerment Association at 7120 Kelly Street Pittsburgh Pa 15208.  

  It's an honor and I'm humbled to be given this award from NABHI Christian Ministries! Please come out n celebrate with us! to get tickets or to become a sponsor click this link  https://www.nabhiministries.org/event-4558081 #bekindtooneanother   #18ricco   #godisgreat   #godisgood   #graceofgod   #humbled   #pittsburgh   #pittsburghphotograpber   #nabhi   #nabhichristianministries

  I shot these photos of Kesha at the Gay Pride concert in Pittsburgh in 2016. This was a long concert with a lot of stuff going on on stage! #18ricco   #kesha   #gaypride   #gayprideconcert   #gaypridepittsburgh   #pittsburghphotographer   #pittsburghvideographer Link to IG is  https://www.instagram.com/p/CZnLJ40p3vP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link All Photos By: J.L. Martello/18ricco

  Gucci Mane Concert at the David Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh in 2016. This was a packed concert with tons of people. I took a ton of photographs at this show. link to IG post here:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CZnJJSMJGc9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link #18ricco   #guccimane   #pittsburgh   #pittsburghvideographer   #pittsburghphotographer   #pittsburghconcerts

  I photographed the the Freddie Jackson concert at the Homewood Coliseum in 2016. Was a good show and interviewed Freddie after the show for a story in the New Pittsburgh Courier. #18ricco   #freddiejackson   #pittsburgh   #homewoodcoliseum   #homewood   #pittsburghphotographer   Link to IG post  https://www.instagram.com/p/CZnEq2Eprco/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Animator Floyd Norman at Point Park University teaching the class of new animators in his 80s in 2016. Floyd Norman is an American animator, writer, and comic book artist. Over the course of his career, Norman has worked for a number of animation companies, among them Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Ruby-Spears, Film Roman and Pixar. In one of these photos you can see Mr. Norman drawing on the screen and it is Mickey Mouse.  To see post on IG click here:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CZlfhd6uw9y/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link #floydnorman   #Animator   #18ricco   #pittsburgh   #Waltdisneyanimationstudios   #hannabarberaproductions   #Rubyspears   #filmroman   #Pixar   #pointpark   #pointparkuniversity   #pittsburghphotographer

 This was an honor to be able to cover the book signing with B Smith and her husband Dan Gasby at Barnes and Noble in 2016. B Smith was in good spirits and gave a great speech. I was very sad to of learn that B Smith past away in 2020. I don't think that B Smith was given respect she deserved in life so please learn about her. Some would call her the Black Martha Stewart however she stood alone and you will see that when you learn more about her. Here is short description from her website; Supermodel, restaurateur, magazine publisher, celebrity chef, and nationally known lifestyle maven, B. Smith is struggling with a tag she never expected to add to that string: early onset Alzheimer’s patient. Make sure you get her book she wrote with her husband: "Before I Forget".  To learn more about B Smith Click here: http://www.bsmith.com/before-i-forget #18ricco #bsmith #beforeiforget #alzheimers #pittsburgh 

  Award winning Poet Nikki Giovanni at an event in 2018 called the Trusayers at the August Wilson Center (AWC in Pittsburgh PA. Nikki Giovanni is very down to earth and we had an amazing conversation after she read some of her poems! Ms Giovanni did a Q&A with the audience and then signed books afterwards.  Nikki Giovanni has to be one of the most awarded poet of our time here is a list of some of her awards: Awards and Honors Keys to more than two dozen American cities, including New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and New Orleans,  Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (Honorary Member),  Seven NAACP Image Awards: for   Love Poems ;   Blues: For All the Changes ;   Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea ;   Acolytes; Hip Hop Speaks to Children; 100 Best African American Poems; Bicycles,  Life Membership & Scroll, The National Council of Negro Women,  Named one of Oprah Winfrey’s 25 Living Legends,  Phi Beta Kappa,  State Historical markers in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Lincoln Heights, Ohio,  The Tenness

I photographed Nikki Giovanni at an event in 2018 called the Trusayers at the AWC in Pittsburgh PA. Nikki Giovanni is very down to earth and we had an amazing conversation after she gave this amazing talk! Click the link to see photos #18ricco   #awc   #nikkigiovanni   #pittsburgh   #augustwilsoncenter https://www.instagram.com/p/CZaRBx8pSAr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link