John Bilotti was born from an Italian American family on November 9th, 1960, in East Orange, New Jersey. The purpose of this collection is ‘making a humble tribute to the photographer that he was’. The idea for the book came up while I was sorting out his prints, and stumbled upon a fascinating and immense treasure, that should never be stored, without being first shared with others. Throughout his life he lived in such different places as New York City, Greece, Spain, Japan, Indonesia and Brazil, being Portugal his home base during the last 12 years. After a successful career and meeting his goals abroad, John returned to his homeland where he joined a team as a producer, editor and director. He lived in New Jersey, Whippany, where he passed away on the 4Th July, at the age of 46. With his photographic material it was possible to mark the first anniversary with a photographic exhibition in Lisbon, Portugal. mariabilotti@yahoo.com