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Michael Grecco (born May 20, 1968) is an American photographer, film director and author. ==Life and career== Grecco grew up near New York City and received his first camera (a Mamiya/Sekor 35mm single-lens reflex) when he was 12.〔Grecco, Michael (January 2007). ("Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait" ). ''The Digital Journalist''. Retrieved 27 March 2014.〕 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.〔Beggy Carol and Shaahan, Mark (12 December 2006). ("Grecco shooting for the stars" ). ''Boston Globe''. Retrieved 27 March 2014 via HighBeam Research .〕 This included an extensive body of work for various national magazines, including ''Time'',〔Joel Stein, ("He's With Him" ), ''Time magazine'', 2004〕 ''Newsweek'', ''Esquire'', ''Vanity Fair'', ''Forbes'', and ''Rolling Stone''.〔Photos, ("Donna Summer Through the Years" ), ''Rolling Stone magazine'', 2012〕 As a staff photographer for the ''Boston Herald'', he won several Boston Press Photographers awards.〔Santoro, Henry (18 May 2010), ("Peep show: Michael Grecco's Naked Ambition" ). ''The Boston Phoenix''. Retrieved 27 March 2014.〕 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.〔(''American Photo'' ) (May-June2007), Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 11 and 19.〕〔Steel, Andy (2009). (''The World's Top Photographer's Workshops: Celebrity & Performance'' ), pp. 103-108. MBI Publishing. ISBN 0760337675.〕 Since 1992, Grecco has been regularly shooting magazine covers for ''Time'', ''Wired'', ''Entertainment Weekly'', ''ESPN'', ''People'' and others.〔Miller, Alice B. (January 2007), ("Open Book: Like his new best-seller, Michael Grecco is a creative amalgam of the intuitive and the technical." ). ''Studio Photography'', Vol 10, No. 1. ISSN 1097-1181. Retrieved online 27 March 2014 via HighBeam Research .〕 His celebrity portrait subjects have included Martin Scorsese,〔Richard Schickel, ("Martin Scorsese" ), ''The 2007 Time 100'', 2007〕 Hugh Hefner, Robert Duvall, Lucy Liu, Will Ferrell,〔Josh Tyrangiel, ("Will Ferrell: Brilliant Idiot" ), ''Time magazine'', 2007〕 Mel Brooks, Christina Applegate, Ben Stiller,〔 Owen Wilson,〔 Penélope Cruz, Jet Li, Bill Murray, Joaquin Phoenix and Rene Russo. In 2007, Grecco published his book ''Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry'', a collection of photographs on the American porn industry and its stars taken at the AVN Awards and Convention in Las Vegas.〔Blue, Violet (15 November 2007). ("One photographer's 'Naked Ambition'" ). SFGate. Retrieved 28 March 2014.〕 A documentary film, directed by Grecco and with the same title, premiered in April 2009.〔Barker, Andrew (1 May 2009 ). ("Review: ''Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry''" ). ''Variety''.〕 His two previous books were on lighting techniques in photographic portraiture.〔〔 Grecco is based in Los Angeles, and has three children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Grecco」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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