Eye
photography
Hawk
Since I was a child, I've always liked to be creative. So, coming from an artistic family, I was encouraged to draw, paint, and take pictures.
When I was sixteen years of age, my grandfather gave me my first camera. It was a Pentax 3000, and my first experience was photographing the Canadian Air Force over Coney Island 4th of July 1980 something! God, I wish I had those negatives today
~ Anthony A. Falsetta
Mission
Hawkeye Photography strives to capture a "Moment in Time" that will bring joy to people. When preserving these moments in a photograph, the memories will last a lifetime. We do this by taking thousands of pictures, always looking for a visual image that others may not see.
Hawkeye advocates to charities that support nature, and people who are less fortunate than us. The value of our mission is to embrace and encourage the humanity in each of us.
I was born in Rockaway Beach, NY. Raised on Long Island & Brooklyn, and spent a great deal of my adult life in Manhattan. I currently live on the East end of Long Island.
I have turned my eyes and mind in a different direction from the flow. I was the bubble that floated to the top and burst, the leaf that sank to the bottom to rot, the string that stuck on the twig to be nested. I was never with the flow, always different.
I have had several careers in the first half of my life, and cherish all the great experiences and education along the way. A total of 27 years on Wall St. on two occasions, with a seven year reprieve to build a business within the Environmentally Sound Industrial Coatings Industry.
As a shepherd needs his flock, this Hawk needs to keep soaring, turning, looking, and clicking for what others may not see. You can find me with my head turned, looking half-way between the ground & the sky. I am a shepherd bringing happiness and joy to the flock.
Hobbies: Golf, Cycling, Music, Hiking, Swimming, Off-Shore Fishing, Reading, Drawing, Photography, and any day at the Beach.
Sublimation onto aluminum is a process of infusing dyes onto a sheet of pre-treated aluminum via heat transfer. Sublimation is the process of going from a solid to a gas, back to a solid – skipping the liquid state. Once the dyes submerge underneath the surface, the process is complete and permanent. Archival up to 65+ years tested by Wilhelm imaging research.
Dye Sublimation Printing On Metal
When I first discovered Dye Sublimation Printing on Metal just three years ago, I was in total awe with how good a photograph presented itself via this medium. Better than any other medium I’ve observed in the past!
Instinctually I knew, this would be the new wave in which artists would want to present their work in the foreseeable future. These prints would be the catalyst and inspiration for creating this site.
How did I come to this conclusion so quickly? Just take a look for yourself. The perfection of these prints are spectacular, which will be the primary medium in selling my work.
Advantages of Dye Sublimation
Lightweight
Though extremely rigid and durable, these aluminum prints are light weight and easy to hang. A 40X60” panel with a bracket backing weighs approximately 13lbs
Modern Finishes
Sublimated aluminum can be displayed in a traditional or contemporary float frame. It can be suspended off the wall using a inset backing. Or use Standoffs in the corners.
Formatting & Finishes
Multiple panels can be joined in the back to create larger installations. Cluster & Splits Arrangements, along with Triptych Panels in White Gloss, White Semi-Gloss & White Matte.
This Site is Dedicated to
Vince Villaflor
1930 -2018
Beloved Husband, Father & Grandfather. US Marine, Successful Business Man, and Ultimate Humanitarian
Vince, one of eight children, his dad an immigrant from the Philippines, and mother an Italian-American.
He joined the US Marine Corp, serving his country like a true American. Also, becoming a very successful business man as the National Marketing Director at Graybar, an American employee owned corporation, listed on Fortune 500. An adored husband and father, survived by his loving wife Caroline, children Ramona & Matthew and seven grandchildren.
Vince spent his retired years playing tennis, music, taking photographs, spending time with his family, and most honorably, spending 12 years working with Hospice Patients on a weekly basis. My fondest memories of him come at a very young age. It was at my first Communion, and while keeping to myself in the back yard, he approached me with camera in hand and said.
“Hey kiddo, whatcha up to? Would it be ok if I take your picture in that nice fancy suit? If not, that’s ok too.” That was the very moment Vince taught me about respect, trust and kindness, which was the beginning of my journey with a great friend. He was the inspiration to learn photography in my teenage years.
Vince, you will be dearly missed by many!
