Gregory Mancuso is an award-winning and internationally published Los Angeles photographer with over 20 years experience. Gregory creates exceptional photography for advertising, corporate and editorial clients. Though he specializes in photographing people on location, he is quite adept at shooting in the studio environment as well. His wide range of experience also incorporates photographing architectural exteriors and interiors.

Gregory has received assignments from many of our finest national magazines. Some of the publications include Time, Business Week, People, Forbes, TV Guide, Discover, Parenting, Modern Maturity, Woman's World, First, Electronic Media, American Banker, Architectural Digest, Sunset, New York Times, Los Angeles Times.

This professional Los Angeles California photographer has worked for the largest corporations in the world providing high quality and innovative images for advertising, annual reports, marketing, public relations, brochures and event usage. Some Fortune 500 companies that have hired Gregory include GE, Motorola, Hewlett Packard, Paramount, Fox, MTV, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Washington Mutual, Ernst & Young, Verizon, Mobil, Chevron, Dupont, Toyota, Honda, Sears, Macy's, Nestle, Coke, Anheuser Busch.

Gregory has worked for many advertising agencies, design firms and public relations agencies such as Hill & Knowlton, Grey Advertising, Weber Shandwick, Ketchum, Rogers Group, Burson Marsteller, Cerrell Associates, Fleishman-Hillard, GCI, CKPR, Manning Selvage & Lee, PPO&S, Stoorza Ziegaus Metzger, Alison Brod PR, Paine Associates, Laurie Chase & Associates, Sally Landis Design, Sharp Design.

Using sensitivity, respect and heaping helpings of humor, Gregory is able to relax and gain the trust of his subjects; capturing their inner personality and essence within exceptional photos. Whether they are CEOs, celebrities or “real people”, he has a knack for making those involved in the shoot, willing co-conspirators of the creative process, resulting in everyone contributing to the pleasant task of making striking imagery.

A few of the celebrities he’s photographed are Pierce Brosnan, Oprah Winfrey, Cindy Crawford, Jimmy Kimmel, Peyton Manning, Carmelo Anthony, Quincy Jones, Quentin Tarantino, Kobe Bryant, Larry King, Bruce Springsteen, Dennis Franz, Tom Arnold, Al Gore, Candice Bergen, Kim Delaney, Tom Petty, Jimmy Carter, Newt Gingrich, Farrah Fawcett, Elizabeth Taylor, Magic Johnson, John Elway, John Daly, Yoyo Ma, Jane Seymour.

If you have an event coming up, you’ll be happy to know that Gregory applies his many photojournalistic skills to create candid and lively pictures that capture the magic moments of various corporate events, parties, conventions and trade shows. Gregory also creates stunning portraits in a multitude of styles including environmental, formal, candids and casual lifestyle.

Gregory Mancuso’s professional photos are sold worldwide for advertising, editorial and corporate usage through Getty Images, Stock Boston and Globe agencies. His collection of dance images, DANCE ILLUMINATIONS, was showcased in a solo show at the Canon Gallery in San Francisco. He also created a book on San Francisco’s diverse neighborhoods entitled IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, published by Chronicle Books. Several times his photographs have won awards from Communication Arts.

Though his first love is photography, Gregory’s involvement in related creative mediums brings a trunk full of extra skills and a multi-faceted artistic approach to your projects. He has directed a couple of TV commercials and worked as an assistant director for several feature films. And if you’re a writer, you’ll appreciate the fact that he’s a comrade-in-words. Besides writing several magazine articles, he’s also written numerous screenplays, actually sold a few, and was represented by the prestigious ICM agency. These days his spare time is spent working on a novel.

Born and raised in New York City, Gregory attended the University of Massachusetts and Syracuse University and received a Journalism/Photography degree. His professional career began as a staff photographer for Gannett newspapers in the New York metro area. He started his freelance business the next year in San Francisco and ten years later moved to the Los Angeles area where he’s currently based.