Michael Grecco
| Michael Grecco | |
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Grecco photographed in 2009 by Glenn Francis
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May 20, 1958 United States |
| Education | Boston University |
| Known for | Photography |
| Website | michaelgrecco |
Michael Grecco (born May 20, 1968) is an American photographer, film director and author.
Grecco grew up near New York City and received his first camera (a Mamiya/Sekor 35mm single-lens reflex) when he was 12. He went on to study filmmaking and photography as an undergraduate at Boston University's School of Communications. While still at university he began working freelance for the Associated Press as a photojournalist. During that time, he also began his career as a magazine photographer. This included an extensive body of work for various national magazines, including Time,Newsweek, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Forbes, and Rolling Stone. As a staff photographer for the Boston Herald, he won several Boston Press Photographers awards.
As a regular contributor to People, Grecco made his transition from hard-news photojournalism to photographic coverage of celebrity-driven events, including the Golden Globes, the Emmy Awards and the Academy Awards. He used this experience to launch his current career as a celebrity portrait photographer. Since 1992, Grecco has been regularly shooting magazine covers for Time, Wired, Entertainment Weekly, ESPN, People and others. His celebrity portrait subjects have included Martin Scorsese,Hugh Hefner, Robert Duvall, Lucy Liu, Will Ferrell,Mel Brooks, Christina Applegate, Ben Stiller,Owen Wilson,Penélope Cruz, Jet Li, Bill Murray, Joaquin Phoenix and Rene Russo.
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