AMERICO GRASSO ©

PRINTS: Click here to download the print and mural pricing sheet.

STOCK IMAGE USE: Click here to see the standardized stock pricing structure for these vintage images.

A small amount of sample work can be see by clicking here. You'll be taken to the flash portfolio on this site that shows all the work held here. There's much more, however, it will take time to catalog, preserve and show.

It's vintage photography at it's very finest. These images are not an accumulation of family pictures from an amateur photographer like many "vintage photography" collections fail to tell you. They are the legacy of a widely published professional photographer that was awarded some of the eras most prestigious gallery showings, photography awards and advertising contracts.

My Maternal Grandfather, Americo Grasso (1906 - 1993) was one of the most recognized and awarded lifestyle and human interest shooters of this century. This page allows you to see some of his amazing work and obtain information about his life and to acquire prints and/or image rights for commercial use. If all goes as planned, JodyWarner.com will also be filled with the stunning images of my Grandfather's work.

We know that my Grandfather was very widely published in locations throughout the United States and Europe.  Including, the USO, Popular Mechanics, The Chicago Sun Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Historical Society, Eastman Kodak and many, many others.  He was even published in the 1952 Photography Yearbook and had one of his pictures printed on the opposite page from an early print by Ansel Adams.  His work was most recently featured in the 2003 book entitled; Chicago; Then and Now - click here to see the book on Amazon.

We're just in the initial stages of combing through the tens-of-thousands of images and negatives that were willed to me by my Grandmother, Racilla Stewart-Grasso (1914 - 2006) upon my Grandfathers death in 1993. The enormity of the project is hard to comprehend and describe! 

As little as we know about the images at this point, we know that they are in need of being re-packaged into archival quality sleeves and cataloged.  However, we do know that there is a stunning array of images in the collection that includes;

• VJ Day in Chicago (victory in Japan day),

• factories along the river in downtown Chicago,

• the Chicago Skyline without steel-frame buildings,

• I-90 (the Kennedy Expressway) being constructed,

• steel mills in Northwestern Indiana,

• an image used by the Eastman Kodak Corporation for advertising (The Thief),

• Navy Pier when it was still used as a Naval processing center,

• Riverview Amusement Park in what is now known as "Roscoe Village",

• stunning art images from the golden era of photography including automobiles, era dressing styles, mid-western street scenes, African-Americans in the early part of the 1900's and much, much more.

In most cases, the negatives and transparencies are HUGE - 2.25" x 2.25", 2.25" x 3.25", 3" x 5", 6" x 7" and 8" x 10".  There are also many traditional sizes like 35 mm and traditional medium formats.

SAMPLES: Samples of my Grandfathers work can now be seen on this site. Click here to see a very small showing of his years of work - more will be added over time. Contact me if you would like to request specific work, or if you would like to discuss use or prints.

PRINTS: Prints are available and have become very popular in the last few weeks and months. There are literally thousands of images, image titles and subjects to chose from. Click here to download the print and mural pricing sheet.

Feel free to contact me at any time regarding these or other images.

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