In their 14th published work and third volume from their photography collection, Cassone takes a look back on his past ten years as a photographer concentrating on the things around us in our daily lives. Pulling from various features for his numerous websites along with prose and stanzas from his past poetic works as well, Random Everyday Inspirations - The Things Around Us: Photography by Cassone, Volume III, showcases the artists viewpoints on life, death, love, appreciation for food, culture, architecture, the devotion from a pet or friend, and those random things that simply catches one's eye. Matched with the prose and stanzas from their poetry are anecdotes from the artist. The book is in eleven parts/chapters.
ANTONIO CASSONE is an accomplished, best-selling author with 14 books to his credit, including RANDOM EVERYDAY INSPIRATIONS: THE THINGS AROUND US (photography) (2015); WHILE IN ATLANTA (photography) (2014); A CELEBRATED LOVE: THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY POEM... (2014); THE WARMTH OF CHRISTMAS (photography) (2013); HOW TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS...(2013), OPENING THE NAKED WINDOW (2008), book two of their memoir series and THE NAKED WINDOW: EXPOSED/REVELATIONS (2009), books three and four of the memoir series were released as a combo, along with BLUE SKY: ...WRITINGS FOR STEVEN... (2010), RAMBLINGS FROM THE RAGGED EDGE (2013), DIVA/CASSONE: A COLLECTION OF POETRY - THE RECONSTRUCTION EDITION (2013), LOOKING THROUGH THE NAKED WINDOW: THE RESTORATION CHRONICLES (2013), which is a re-issue of the first installment of the memoir series with a tighter edit and a bit of new material and ELOQUENT VERSIFICATIONS: POEMS MY FATHER LEFT ME (2013), a collaboration with his late father, Robert "Rocky" Cassone. CASSONE has over 200 poems published on various poetry websites and has been honored numerous times for his works by The International Society of Poets, Famous Poets, The International Library of Poetry and The Iliad Press. ANTONIO CASSONE, originally from Detroit, is also a photographer and entertainer with a career enriched with many diverse projects since 1988. In the 1990s and 2000s, CASSONE produced, performed, wrote and co-directed two major, award-winning plays at 1515 Broadway in Detroit's theatre district; produced/performed/directed several fashion/variety shows and several spoken-word recordings including "Diva/Cassone," his first poetry cd. He currently resides in South Florida and is penning the rest of his memoirs NAKED WINDOW book series, another poetry collection and has a variety of other projects in the works. He also started the Cassone2007 channel on YouTube with the 'web reality series' GETTING READY (which features a behind the scenes look at Cassone's female impersonation career and other facets of the multi-faceted artist's life), which is now in its 22nd season and in 2015 he began showcasing a Syndicated re-production of tidbits from past webisodes of the series entitled SOUNDBITES FROM 'GETTING READY.' You can also find select spoken word recording/slideshows of works from TEARS AND THUNDER, DIVA/CASSONE, THE ECSTASY and BLUE SKY to name a few. The channel also has select slideshows of Photography by Cassone.
