Greg Gorman is an American

United States

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 portrait photographer

Portrait photography

Portrait photography or portraiture is the capture by means of photography of the likeness of a person or a small group of people , in which the face and expression is predominant. The objective is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the subject...

 of Hollywood celebrities

Celebrity

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. His work has been seen in national magazine features and covers, including Esquire

Esquire (magazine)

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, GQ, Interview

Interview (magazine)

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, Life

Life (magazine)

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, Vogue

Vogue (magazine)

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, Newsweek

Newsweek

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, Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

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, Time

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, Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair (magazine)

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, and the London Sunday Times

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. Although he studied photojournalism

Photojournalism

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 in college, his passion for rock-and-roll led him to his chosen field when he photographed Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

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 in 1968. John Waters

John Waters (filmmaker)

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 once said, "Greg Gorman is the only person I'd let photograph my corpse". He primarily works in black-and-white

Black-and-white

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.

He has also directed music videos, television advertisements, and graphic design layouts for advertisers.

Books

• Greg Gorman - Volume I (1989)
• Greg Gorman - Volume II (1991)
• Greg Gorman Inside Life (1996) (foreword by John Waters
  John Waters (filmmaker)
  John Samuel Waters, Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, stand-up comedian, writer, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films...
  
  ) ISBN 978-0847819980
• Greg Gorman As I see It (2001) ISBN 978-1576870877
• Greg Gorman Perspectives (2002)
• Greg Gorman: Just Between Us (2003) ISBN 978-1892041807
• Journal of the 21st Century: Greg Gorman (2007)
• The Odes of Pindar (21st Editions, 2007) ISBN 1-892733-36-6
• In Their Youth: Early Portraits (2009) ISBN 978-8862080972

Collaborations

• No Excuses: Antonio Sabato Jr. Workout For Life by Greg Freitas and Greg Gorman (1999)
• Adonis: Masterpieces of Erotic Male Photography by Michelle Olley, Horst P. Horst, Nan Goldin, and Greg Gorman (1999)

External links

• Gorman Photography - Official website
• PDN & Kodak Professional Legends - Greg Gorman biography
• photographerslimitededitions - Online gallery presenting Gorman's works
• Photoshop News - Interview with Greg Gorman about the New Epson Printers
• Photoshop News - Greg Gorman’s Digital Workshop in Mendocino, CA
• McMurtrie, John. "Impressive Bodies of Work: Celebrity photographer Greg Gorman aims to remove the taboo from male nudes". San Francisco Chronicle 8 October 2000.
• Professional Photographer - Greg Gorman: The evolution of an artist