Donato Di Camillo is an American photographer and video documentarian, best known for his New York City street photography and documentary portraits of the fringe and underdog populations of the United States. His work has been celebrated around the world and featured in publications including American Photo magazine, Stern and Amateur Photographer. Di Camillo rose to prominence as a street photographer quickly, within four years of his first photographic activity. His work has been compared favorably to that of his influences, including Bruce Gilden, Robert Frank and Diane Arbus (other stated influences include Richard Avedon, Sally Mann, Martin Parr and Garry Winogrand). Priscilla Frank wrote in the Huffington Post: "The photographer remains committed to capturing people on the fringes of society, those that often remain unseen or, even worse, deliberately ignored. The sharp and colorful images linger on every single sloppy detail, translating the ugly beauty of being a human being into intoxicating images that, like a shot of hard booze, will burn in a good way." His photo essay blog, Faces & Places, appears weekly in The Common Reader, a publication of Washington University in St. Louis. Background Born in Brooklyn, New York, Di Camillo became intensely interested in photography while serving out a federal prison sentence in Federal Correctional Institution, Petersburg in Hopewell County, Virginia. After his release in 2012, he taught himself to use a camera while under home confinement. At first, he photographed, bugs, plants and other subjects within the 120 feet of the home he was restricted to. Upon gaining his freedom, he turned his lens toward people. In part due to his sensational backstory, he and his work were soon featured in publications and news broadcasts around the world, including the BBC, Washington Post, CBC and Huffington Post. He was also invited to speak at the Hearst magazines annual summit. Beach Body Bingo Di Camillo received international attention for his Beach Body Bingo project, focused on the community on and around the famed boardwalk in Coney Island, N.Y. Projects, Exhibits and Commissions Di Camillo's Coney Island portraits were featured in the group exhibit, Greetings from Coney Island, which ran from June through September 2018 in the Hon. Charles P. Sifton Gallery of the U.S. Eastern District Courthouse in Brooklyn, the same building in which, years earlier, he had been convicted and sent to prison. In October, 2019, he was invited back to the gallery