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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
January 25, 2011 - Introduced by Representatives J. Fitzgerald and Barca,
cosponsored by Senators S. Fitzgerald and Miller. Referred to Committee on
Rules.
AJR4,1,2
1Relating to: commending Brent Nicastro on his years of service to the Wisconsin
2legislature.
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Whereas, Brent Nicastro has expertly served the Wisconsin legislature for 15
4years as chief photographer, documenting legislative history as it happened with
5images of legislators at inaugurations, in committee, and on the assembly and senate
6floors through 8 biennial sessions, as well as legislative events and occasions from
7the mundane to the momentous, not least of which were visits to the state Capitol
8by hundreds upon hundreds of school groups from across our state; and
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Whereas, Brent photographed each governor since Dreyfus, every president
10since Carter, and is proud to list among the subjects of his portraiture Tenzin Gyatso,
11the 14th Dalai Lama; and
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Whereas, upon graduation from the University of Wisconsin's School of
13Journalism, Brent first worked with Madison's Press Connection before beginning
14a prolific freelance career, moving easily from film to digital photography, capturing
15images from the natural world and the performing arts to affairs of state; and
AJR4,2,6
1Whereas, Brent's publications in freelance photography include the beloved
2book,
Madison: Photography by Brent Nicastro, as well as single photographs in
3numerous other volumes, newspapers, and magazines such as
Time,
People,
USA
4Today and
USA Weekend,
Money,
Elle,
Runner's World,
Outside,
Parade,
The
5Philadelphia Enquirer,
The Los Angeles Times,
The Village Voice, and
The New York
6Times; now, therefore, be it
AJR4,2,12
7Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the
8Wisconsin legislature extend their deep gratitude to Brent Nicastro, on the occasion
9of his retirement as legislative photographer, for his diligent and consummately
10professional service to scores of state representatives and senators and their
11constituents, having recorded for the generations to come a decade and a half's visual
12history of legislative life beneath Wisconsin's Capitol dome.
