Marco Glaviano
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Marco Glaviano is a reputable figure in the fashion industry as a premier photographer who has been sought after by famous supermodels such as Cindy Crawford
, Paulina Porizkova
, and Eva Herzigova
. He has been the leading pioneer of digital photography
and was the first to publish the first ever digital picture in American Vogue
in 1982. His photographs of landscapes, portraits, and jazz has landed their spots in famous museums and private collections worldwide. He also designed and founded Pier 59 Studios in New York which is still recognized today as the most important and well-known photo studio in the world.
. Glaviano began experimenting with photography after he had worked as a set designer and played in a jazz group. His mild experimentation with photography led to a full-time devotion to photography; and in 1967, he moved to Rome and Milan to pursue a career in photography. After working, as a photographer, for eight years, Glaviano moved onto featuring his work in European fashion magazines. Eventually, Glaviano brought his talent and work to the US and moved to New York in 1975.
in 1975, where he was able to work under an exclusive contract for American Vogue
, then later for Harper’s Bazaar. His works continued to appear in other American and European magazines such as Elle
and Italian Vanity Fair
. He has photographed more than 500 covers and editorials for these prestigious publications. In the 1980s and 1990s, Glaviano collaborated with Elite Model Management
and worked extensively with supermodels Paulina Porizkova
, Iman
, Joan Severance
, Anneliese Seubert
, Yasmeen Ghauri
, Tatiana Sorokko
, Eva Herzigova
, and Cindy Crawford
, influencing the development of the supermodel
phenomenon. He also designed Pier 59 Studios in 1995 and Milano Studio Digital in Milan in 2001, the most advanced digital studio in the world. His strong interest in digital photography
led him to publish the first ever digital picture in American Vogue in 1982.
Maco Glaviano’s most recent endeavors have been his establishment of Milano Studio in Milan to show case for the new digital photo Frontier with his partner Tommy Wirz. He has published to date ten books, five of which were created between 2005 and sixteen with the collaboration of friends and sponsor T.J Barrak. Giuseppe Cipriani and Artist Art Director Hady Sy, composed Glaviano’s personal photographs of the most famous models of the last decades and his other passions, such as jazz, portraits and landscapes. Glaviano also had nine solo exhibitions of his work, in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Milan, Palermo, and Capri. The most recent exhibition of over one hundred photographs opened in October 2010 at the Palazzo Morando Museum in Milan. His first solo show were of his drawings which were presented in Palermo in 1948 at the age of six. His artwork can be found in many important private collections worldwide. He has done major advertising campaigns for clients such as Loreal, Revlon
, Calvin Klein
, Valentino
, Georgio Armani, Roberto Cavalli
and many other reputable figures and companies. His interests in film and video have led him to direct a number of TV commercials and short version music, fashion and beauty films for America and Europe. Marco has three daughters, Barbara, Alessia and Adrianna, and a best dog Mr. Bentley and is currently living and working between New York and Milan in collaboration with his sister and muse Adriana.
Glaviano's photography will also be used as wall murals throughout Hotel Indigo New York City Chelsea http://www.indigochelsea.com.
Cindy Crawford
Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford is an American model. Known for her trademark mole just above her lip, Crawford has adorned hundreds of magazine covers throughout her career. She was named #3 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90s...
, Paulina Porizkova
Paulina Porizkova
Pavlína Pořízková-Ocasek is a Czech model and actress. At the age of eighteen years, she became the first woman from Central Europe to grace the cover of the Sports Illustrated swim-suit issue. She was the second woman to be featured on the swim-suit issue's front cover consecutive times...
, and Eva Herzigova
Eva Herzigová
Eva Herzigová is a Czech model and actress.-Early life and career:Herzigová was born in Litvínov, Czechoslovakia . She began her modeling career after winning a modeling beauty contest in Prague in 1989, at the age of sixteen. After arriving in Paris, her popularity increased...
. He has been the leading pioneer of digital photography
Digital photography
Digital photography is a form of photography that uses an array of light sensitive sensors to capture the image focused by the lens, as opposed to an exposure on light sensitive film...
and was the first to publish the first ever digital picture in American Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
in 1982. His photographs of landscapes, portraits, and jazz has landed their spots in famous museums and private collections worldwide. He also designed and founded Pier 59 Studios in New York which is still recognized today as the most important and well-known photo studio in the world.
Biography
Born in Palermo, Sicily in 1942, Marco Glaviano began his artistic career with a degree in architecture from the University of PalermoUniversity of Palermo
The University of Palermo is a university located in Palermo, Italy, and founded in 1806. It is organized in 12 Faculties.-History:The University of Palermo was officially founded in 1806, although its earliest roots date back to 1498 when medicine and law were taught there...
. Glaviano began experimenting with photography after he had worked as a set designer and played in a jazz group. His mild experimentation with photography led to a full-time devotion to photography; and in 1967, he moved to Rome and Milan to pursue a career in photography. After working, as a photographer, for eight years, Glaviano moved onto featuring his work in European fashion magazines. Eventually, Glaviano brought his talent and work to the US and moved to New York in 1975.
Career
Glaviano’s interest in photography led him to move to New York CityNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
in 1975, where he was able to work under an exclusive contract for American Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
, then later for Harper’s Bazaar. His works continued to appear in other American and European magazines such as Elle
Elle (magazine)
Elle is a worldwide magazine of French origin that focuses on women's fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. Elle is also the world's largest fashion magazine. It was founded by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon in 1945. The title, in French, means "she".-History:Elle was founded in...
and Italian Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair (magazine)
Vanity Fair is a magazine of pop culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast. The present Vanity Fair has been published since 1983 and there have been editions for four European countries as well as the U.S. edition. This revived the title which had ceased publication in 1935...
. He has photographed more than 500 covers and editorials for these prestigious publications. In the 1980s and 1990s, Glaviano collaborated with Elite Model Management
Elite Model Management
Elite Model Management is a large modeling agency based in New York and Paris. It is a subsidiary of Elite World S.A.-History:Founded in France in 1972 by John Casablancas and Alain Kittler, it was rebought in 1990 by Nicholas Farrae. Elite World S.A. is the parent company of Elite Model...
and worked extensively with supermodels Paulina Porizkova
Paulina Porizkova
Pavlína Pořízková-Ocasek is a Czech model and actress. At the age of eighteen years, she became the first woman from Central Europe to grace the cover of the Sports Illustrated swim-suit issue. She was the second woman to be featured on the swim-suit issue's front cover consecutive times...
, Iman
Iman
Iman, also spelled imaan, may refer to:Islam* Iman , Islamic termGiven name:* Chanel Iman , American fashion model* Iman , Somali supermodel...
, Joan Severance
Joan Severance
-Early life:Severance was born in Houston, Texas to John and Martha Severance. Her father was an IBM Systems Manager that had to move frequently around the world. According to Severance "by the time I was 11, we'd lived in 12 different places". Severance and her family also lived in Libya, but in...
, Anneliese Seubert
Anneliese Seubert
Anneliese Seubert is an Australian model. She was born in Germany and moved to Cooma, Australia with her family at age 9 years. She was a finalist in the Dolly Covergirl competition, following which she began modelling when she was 15 years old. Seubert won the 1990 Ford Supermodel of the World...
, Yasmeen Ghauri
Yasmeen Ghauri
Yasmeen Ghauri is a Canadian model.-Early life:Yasmeen Ghauri was born in Montreal, Quebec to a Pakistani father, Moin Ghauri, and a German mother, Linda Ghauri. Early on in her life, Ghauri had a difficult childhood often being teased by her classmates at school for being too thin and for her...
, Tatiana Sorokko
Tatiana Sorokko
Tatiana Sorokko is a Russian-born American model, fashion journalist and haute couture collector. She walked the runways for the world's most prominent designers and fashion houses, appeared on covers of leading fashion magazines, and became the first Russian model of the post-Soviet period to gain...
, Eva Herzigova
Eva Herzigová
Eva Herzigová is a Czech model and actress.-Early life and career:Herzigová was born in Litvínov, Czechoslovakia . She began her modeling career after winning a modeling beauty contest in Prague in 1989, at the age of sixteen. After arriving in Paris, her popularity increased...
, and Cindy Crawford
Cindy Crawford
Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford is an American model. Known for her trademark mole just above her lip, Crawford has adorned hundreds of magazine covers throughout her career. She was named #3 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90s...
, influencing the development of the supermodel
Supermodel
The term supermodel refers to a highly-paid fashion model who usually has a worldwide reputation and often a background in haute couture and commercial modeling. The term became prominent in the popular culture of the 1980s. Supermodels usually work for top fashion designers and labels...
phenomenon. He also designed Pier 59 Studios in 1995 and Milano Studio Digital in Milan in 2001, the most advanced digital studio in the world. His strong interest in digital photography
Digital photography
Digital photography is a form of photography that uses an array of light sensitive sensors to capture the image focused by the lens, as opposed to an exposure on light sensitive film...
led him to publish the first ever digital picture in American Vogue in 1982.
Maco Glaviano’s most recent endeavors have been his establishment of Milano Studio in Milan to show case for the new digital photo Frontier with his partner Tommy Wirz. He has published to date ten books, five of which were created between 2005 and sixteen with the collaboration of friends and sponsor T.J Barrak. Giuseppe Cipriani and Artist Art Director Hady Sy, composed Glaviano’s personal photographs of the most famous models of the last decades and his other passions, such as jazz, portraits and landscapes. Glaviano also had nine solo exhibitions of his work, in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Milan, Palermo, and Capri. The most recent exhibition of over one hundred photographs opened in October 2010 at the Palazzo Morando Museum in Milan. His first solo show were of his drawings which were presented in Palermo in 1948 at the age of six. His artwork can be found in many important private collections worldwide. He has done major advertising campaigns for clients such as Loreal, Revlon
Revlon
Revlon is an American cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and personal care company founded in 1932.-History:Revlon was founded in the midst of the Great Depression, 1932, by Charles Revson and his brother Joseph, along with a chemist, Charles Lachman, who contributed the "L" in the Revlon name...
, Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein
Calvin Richard Klein is an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc. in 1968. In addition to clothing, Klein has also given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and jewelry....
, Valentino
Valentino SpA
Valentino SpA is a clothing company founded in 1959 by Valentino Garavani. Nowadays it is a part of Valentino Fashion Group. New creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli will take Alessandra Facchinetti's seat as creative designer...
, Georgio Armani, Roberto Cavalli
Roberto Cavalli
Roberto Cavalli is an Italian fashion designer from Florence.-Biography:Roberto Cavalli was born in Florence, Tuscany. His grandfather, Giuseppe Rossi, was a member of the Macchiaioli Movement, whose work is exhibited in the Uffizi Gallery. Cavalli decided to enroll at the local Art Institute,...
and many other reputable figures and companies. His interests in film and video have led him to direct a number of TV commercials and short version music, fashion and beauty films for America and Europe. Marco has three daughters, Barbara, Alessia and Adrianna, and a best dog Mr. Bentley and is currently living and working between New York and Milan in collaboration with his sister and muse Adriana.
Glaviano's photography will also be used as wall murals throughout Hotel Indigo New York City Chelsea http://www.indigochelsea.com.