Peter Vitale ~ Some words about styles

Peter Vitale's Bedroom

You know someone, work with someone for years, and yet what do you really know?
During my career in New York I had the good fortune to work with photographer Peter Vitale. I don't even remember how I got the connection with him - we both worked with John Loring on a couple of Tiffany books, but not together. In those days, the phone rang and a job came in.

Peter Vitale was an art history major in college
Vignette from his bedroom

What I did know that Peter was a totally cute and cool Italian guy. Spiffy dresser, super nice, very dry humor, very generous, and a calm professional. He never raised his voice, he always worked continuously on a job, cranking out one beautiful perfect shot after another without pressure or a feeling of drudgery. We had a good time working together.

Another artful vignette from Peter Vitale's bedroom

He was appreciative of the styling work I did for him, though he could have done it himself. He never questioned my choices, though I always asked my twenty questions about what he wanted, and then gave it to him.

Lately we have reconnected. A phone call once in awhile, when he thinks of me for a job proposal. And now a couple of e-mails. When we met we were both living in New York, but eventually he made his home base in Santa Fe. I never thought to ask him why, like did he grow up there?
Peter is one of those people who has no regional accent whatsoever, so you can't really tell where he comes from, though I think he is from New Jersey originally.

Peter Vitale official bio ha ha

Peter Vitale's home and interior design
in the Christmas issue of Veranda 2008

So I went to his web site, and thought I'd pick up some bio tidbits there. But again nada. I e-mailed him last week and told him I was going to do another blog post about him, and did he have anything he'd like me to write about. He asked if I knew about his new book "Divine", and I said, uh yeah, I blogged on it months ago ha ha.

So really I don't have much to say about Peter that you don't already know. Because of his extensive work for magazines, especially for Veranda, he is much known and beloved by decor bloggers.