Laurence Pacilio has been a working professional photographer for nearly fifty years. Beginning as a journalist and documentary photographer, he has been published nationally and internationally and has exhibited widely in both one man and group exhibitions over the years. Deciding to change, he moved from New York to Arizona in the mid-1980s to photograph commercial and residential architecture, as well as editorial and industrial projects for a long list of architects, interior designers, developers, contractors, realtors, manufacturers, and corporations throughout the West, Southwest, and Pacific Northwest. His work has been published in periodicals such as Architecture, Progressive Architecture, Better Homes & Gardens, Metropolitan Home, Adirondack Life, Phoenix Homes & Gardens, Newsweek, Paris Match, The New York Times, The Guardian, Arizona Highways, Fine Homebuilding, and Historic Preservation.
By the 2000s, Pacilio had returned to Utica, NY where he was employed by Utica College as Director of Publications & Photography, and retired from that position at the end of 2016. Later he taught at the College as Adjunct Professor of Journalism for fifteen years. He has continued to pursue personal projects for exhibition, such as one man shows at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art, the Schenectady Museum, the Barrett Gallery at Utica College, the Kirkland Art Center, the Earlville Opera House, and the Balch Institute. Additionally, his work is included in numerous public and private collections.
