FRANK SIMONETTI PHOTOGRAPHY

My father was a professional photographer and joined with my Uncle Henry, a US Air Force Photographer. They both served during WW2. Upon their return from overseas, they created a photography studio in Boston across from the Conservatory of Music and a block away from the Boston Symphony. So, I grew up in the warm glow of bright lights and happy people... There was travel and glamour-my Aunt Chloe recalls the day when they photographed young Martin Luther King, Jr. and Miss Coretta Scott, before they were married. I would spend my summer vacations going to the photography studio with my dad. My first photograph was sold and published in the weekly newspaper, Suburban Press and Recorder when I was 12 years old. The event I photographed was of the annual fishing derby in my hometown of Medfield. Later, while in high school, I was a stringer photographer for the Patriot Ledger and Milford Daily News... I didn't choose to be a professional photographer, photography chose me. I couldn't..