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MARCO GROB
BORN IN OLTEN, SWITZERLAND. MARCO STARTED HIS CAREER AS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSISTANT IN LOS ANGELES, USA.
AFTER HIS RETURN TO SWITZERLAND, HE OPEND HIS FIRST STUDIO AND WORKED AS A STILLLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER UNTIL 2003.
ON A LONG STAY IN SPAIN, HE DECIDED TO CHANGE HIS CAREER TOWARDS FASHION AND PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY.
SINCE THEN, HE PHOTOGRAPHED PEOPLE SUCH AS SIR ELTON JOHN, UMA THURMAN, PINK, SEAL, BOY GEORGE, DAVE GAHAN
AND CHUCK BERRY. HE WORKED FOR MAGAZINES LIKE GQ, VANITY FAIR, MARIE CLAIRE, ELLE, COSMOPOLITAN, DAS ZEIT MAGAZIN
AND SO ON.
HIS ADVERTISING CLIENTS ARE, ADIDAS, TAG HEUER, BBC, ARD, UBS, NIKE, ARD and LOUIS VUITTON, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
MARCO’S WORK EARNED HIM NUMEROUS AWARDS, TOPPED WITH THE VERY PRESTIGIOUS HASSELBLAD MASTER 2007.
HE WORKS AROUND THE GLOBE AND LIVES CURRENTLY IN NEW YORK CITY.
MARCO LOVES MUSIC AND IS A NOTORIOUS READER. AS HOLDER OF A PILOT LICENSE, HE SPENDS MOST OF HIS RARE LEISURE TIME
IN THE AIR, FLYING FARIOUS TYPES OF AIRCRAFT AND IS MEMBER OF THE “NIGHTHAWKS” AEROBATICS TEAM.
SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND HIS FRIENDS, TRAVELS, BEING SUROUNDED BY NATURE AND HIS DEEP LOVE AFFAIR WITH
PHOTOGRAPHY IS WHAT HE SAYS: “THE BEST LIVE COULD POSSIBLY OFFER TO ME”. |