Valentino is a studio photographer based in San Jose, CA.

An award-winning photographic artist on a national scale, internationally published, and has been included in APA-LA’s “Off the Clock 2022” book curated by Paul Martineau, Curator of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum. A Selected Winner for American Photography 38, “The Book,” 2022 by AI-AP, New York; Dab Art Co.’s, ART IN THE TIME OF CORONA | VOL. 2; additionally a featured artist on their Artsy gallery platform; first place winner 2021 APA Awards in Conceptual; Chosen Winner 2021 American Photography 37 by AI-AP, New York. Additionally, he serves on the Diversity Committee for APA-American Photographic Artists.