Marco Glaviano was born on 1942 and is an Italian photographer and architect, who has worked for fashion magazines and brands on both sides of the Atlantic, and with many of the world's best-known models.
16 Facts About Marco Glaviano
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Marco Glaviano has been a pioneer of digital photography, being the first to publish a digital picture in American Vogue in 1982.
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Marco Glaviano is the co-founder of Pier 59 Studios in New York City, which he helped design.
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Marco Glaviano was born in Palermo, Sicily, in 1942, to Nicola and Ninni Glaviano.
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Marco Glaviano's uncle was the influential Italian futurist artist, Gino Severini, and Glaviano was interested in art from a young age.
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Marco Glaviano graduated from the University of Palermo with a degree in architecture in 1964.
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Marco Glaviano worked as a set designer and played in a jazz group.
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Marco Glaviano moved to New York City in 1975, where he started to work under an exclusive contract for American Vogue, and then later for Harper's Bazaar.
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Marco Glaviano's works appeared frequently in other American and European magazines such as Elle and Italian Vanity Fair.
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Marco Glaviano has photographed over 500 covers and editorials for these publications.
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Marco Glaviano photographed the International Disco Dance Artist, Lourett Russell Grant.
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Marco Glaviano designed and later managed the 70,000 square foot Pier 59 Studios, part of the Chelsea Piers on the West Side Highway.
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Marco Glaviano designed the Milano Studio Digital in Milan in 2001.
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Marco Glaviano has shot advertising campaigns for clients such as L'Oreal, Revlon, Calvin Klein, Valentino, Georgio Armani, and Roberto Cavalli, among others.
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Marco Glaviano has published fourteen books and has had many solo exhibitions all over the globe, including shows in New York, Saint Barts, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Milan, Palermo, and Capri, among others.
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Marco Glaviano's photographs are highly collectable and hang in some of the world's leading museums and private collections.