Marco Glaviano is an Italian photographer and architect, who has worked for leading fashion magazines and brands on both sides of the Atlantic, and with many of the world’s best known models. He has been a pioneer of digital photography, being the first to publish a digital picture in American Vogue in 1982. His photographs of fashion, celebrities, landscapes, and jazz have appeared in numerous museums and are represented in private and public collections worldwide. He is the co-founder of Pier 59 Studios in New York City, which he also helped design.

Marco Glaviano was born in Palermo, Sicily in 1942, to Nicola and Ninni Glaviano. His uncle was the influential Italian futurist artist Gino Severini, and Glaviano was interested in art from young age. He graduated from the University of Palermo with a degree in architecture in 1964.

Soon after his graduation from the University of Palermo, Marco Glaviano started experimenting with photography. He also worked as a set designer and played in a jazz group. In 1967, in pursuit of a career in photography, he moved to Rome, and then to Milan. Soon he was working full-time as a fashion photographer for leading Italian magazines.

Marco Glaviano moved to New York City in 1975, where he started to work under an exclusive contract for American Vogue, then later for Harper’s Bazaar. His works also appeared frequently in other American and European magazines such as Elle and Italian Vanity Fair. He has photographed over 500 covers and editorials for these publications.