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"To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It's a way of life." ~ Henri Cartier-Bresson

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Photographer Profile ~ Greg Gorman

Greg Gorman (born 1949) is an American portrait photographer of Hollywood celebrities. His work has been seen in national magazine features and covers, including Esquire, GQ, Interview, Life, Vogue, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Time, Vanity Fair, and the London Sunday Times. Although he studied photojournalism in college, his passion for rock-and-roll led him to his chosen field when he photographed Jimi Hendrix in 1968. Eccentric film director John Waters once said, "Greg Gorman is the only person I'd let photograph my corpse".

He has developed and showcased a discriminating, unique style and received national acclaim for his publicity and movie posters for "Dances with Wolves,"Terminator 2," "Total Recall," "Field of Dreams," "Moonstruck," "The Big Chill", "Last of the Mohicans." and "Pirates of the Caribbean"


Andy Warhol

Johnny Depp

Bowie

Leonardo DiCaprio

Iman

Mel Gibson

Michael Jackson

Channing Tatum

Pee Wee Herman

Bryan Ferry

Ben Kingsley

Billy Idol

 
Jude Law

Iggy Pop

Michael Jordan 

Al Pacino



Divine

Djimon Hounsou


Bette Midler


Gerard Depardieu


Kim Basinger

Kim Basinger

Kirk Douglas

Leonardo DiCaprio

Sam Sheppard

Mark Wahlberg

Marlon Brando

 Warren Beatty

Michael Madsen


Mickey Rourke

Muhammad Ali

Nicolas Cage

Sandra Bernhard

Rene Russo

Richard Gere
Robert De Niro

Sophia Loren

 Warren Beatty

Tom Cruise

Keanu Reeves


Milla Jovovich

Warhol and Tootsie ( Dustin Hoffman)

Anne Heche

Barbra Streisand

Al Pacino

Dolph Lundgren


Matt Dillon
Don King





Al Pacino as Tony Montana (Scarface)







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2 comments:

  1. Clean, professional, emmotionaly empty and lifeless. Just an another glossy mag photographer.

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  2. Not sure I understand the first commenter's statement. "emotionally empty and lifeless"?... I'm not sure you've looked at the photos on this page.

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