A photo he took when he was about 16, an aerial shot of football players, is archived in the George Eastman Collection in Rochester, New York.
Corsini admired the work of Roy Stryker's Farm Security Administration photographers and aspired to the documentary style they practiced.
He joined the Photo League in 1938, "the only free camera club in New York City", whose members were socially concerned photographers.
After a stint with Life magazine, in 1943 Corsini joined the Standard Oil documentary project under Roy Stryker, where he worked longer than any other photographer.
[1] Corsini retired when he sold his studio in 1975, then joined the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University, where he taught for nine years.