MICHAEL GRECCO

Michael Grecco is an award-winning photographer and director based in Los Angeles. He is recognized internationally for his high concept imagery, mastery of lighting, and powerful connections with his subjects in an extensive  body of work that encompasses fine art, celebrity portraiture, music, commercial, and editorial photography. 

Born in New York City, Grecco attended college in Boston, where he began his professional career shooting for the Associated Press, the Boston Herald, and covering the music scene for the legendary FM radio station WBCN. Previously unseen photographs from his time as a music photographer comprise his latest book, Punk, Post Punk, New Wave: Onstage, Backstage, In Your Face, 1978–1991 (Abrams), and the accompanying multimedia exhibition Days of Punk, which premiered at Photo London in 2021. Subsequently the show was on view at La Térmica Museum in Malaga Spain, and the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach, FL.  The show will continue to travel the world.

Grecco moved to Los Angeles in the late 1980s when he was invited by People Magazine to come west to be a celebrity photographer for them. He has continued to create new work ever since, and his images have also appeared in publications including Time Magazine, Vanity Fair, Esquire, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, and Rolling Stone, among many others.  He is represented by Atlas Gallery and Iconic Images in London, The Anderson Yezerski Gallery in Boston, Modern Rocks Gallery in Austin, TX, and The Photo Gallery, Halmstad, Sweden.

A father of three, he lives and works in Santa Monica with his wife and their two Russian Blue cats.  In his spare time, he can be seen exploring his adopted hometown’s diverse neighborhoods and subcultures on his Triumph Bonneville, with a favorite camera in tow, ready to find, capture, and inspire.