January 2008
Charlie Grosso was named one of the Semi-Finalist for the prestigious The Hasselblad Masters Award. The Hasselblad Masters is one of the most distinguished honors in the photographic industry. Previous Masters awardees include Mary Ellen Mark, Albert Watsn and Nigel Parry. ” I am just so proud to have been chosen out of over 2000 accomplished photographers to be named a semi-finalist.” – Charlie Grosso
Fall of 2007, Charlie Grosso was named as one of the 4 honorable mention for En Foco’s New Works Awards. The selected works of the photographers will be featured in the spring issue of Nueva Luz, a well respected fine art magazine. En Foco will host an exhibition featuring the award winners works this April in New York City.
July 2007, Charlie Grosso’s “Raising Child on top of a Chicken Cage” was officially selected for the Texas Photographic Society’s National exhibit. Judge Michelle Dunn March of Aperture Magazine selected 58 images to be included in the touring group show. The show will tour across four cities in the US through the summer 2008.
Los Angeles, California,
– December 12, 2007 –
Charlie Grosso’s recent album cover photography for “Affected” has been receiving great reviews by the European Press. “Affected” is a new project by former Prick, Kidneythieves, and Zeromancer guitarist, Chris Schleyer. Drummers Garret Hammond (Prick, Kill Hannah), and Andrew Kubiszewski (Prick, Stabbing Westward) also contributed to the new album.
“I really enjoyed working with Chris on this new project of his. It’s always an amazing experience when you get to collaborate with artists who share the same frames of reference and tastes as you. It establishes a short hand in which you can communicate easily and quickly in.” – Charlie Grosso
Earlier this spring, Charlie Grosso shot the album cover and related art for “Greed, Lust and Cloning”, the musical score for a non-existent movie. The resulting album has garnered critical acclaim, both for the orchestral-electronic music as well as for its artwork.
Although “Greed, Lust and Cloning” is the soundtrack for a movie that never was “…you wouldn’t know that from looking at the CD artwork. The front cover appears to have been taken from the film’s poster, the back cover art seems to be a frame from the film itself. That’s part of what’s so cool about this release.”
– R. Scott Bolton, Rough Edge
Charlie worked closely with composer Don Bodin in concepting the art. “She was very involved and instrumental in helping me to convey what the album is about visualy.” Don states, “I attribute the success of the album in no small part to the visual impact of the photography.”
You can see more photos taken for the promotion of the album, as well as hear samples of the music at Greed, Lust and Cloning.com.
Los Angeles, California, – April 10, 2006 – Charlie Grosso has been selected to be as a finalist for LA County Transit Authority’s 2006 Metro Art Neighborhood Posters.
She was one of the 9 finalists out of hundreds of local artists. Grosso was assigned the East Village of Long Beach and tasked with the challenge of creating a piece of art that would represent the spirit of the East Village Community.
“I went down to East Village, Long Beach and spent sometime there on several different occasions to get a grasp of the place. What strike me the most on all the visits is the there is no one unifying voice for this community.
The East Village is unique because it is so diverse, both in its residents and in its architectures. I wanted to create a poster that would exemplify that.”
Los Angeles, California, – January, 2006
Variety’s sister publication LA411 – an essential production guide – has awarded Charlie Grosso with its 2006 Cover and Tab art.
She will spent 2 weeks on the road traveling in and around Los Angeles, photographing various unique locations for the 2006 edition of LA411.
Some of the locations include, Club Ed in Lancaster, Frank Sinatra’s house and the Historical Bradbury Building where Blade Runner was filmed.
This is the third collaboration Ms Grosso has done with publication and she is excited about the new project.
Los Angeles, California, – September 1, 2005 – Earlier this week, photographer Charlie Grosso was notified that photos she shot for the Variety Inc. publication, New York 411, were selected as finalists for the CEBA Awards. The collection of photographs, created for the advertising campaign entitled “New York Street Scenes’”, is one of three finalists in the category of “Best Advertising Campaign with a budget of under $100,000.”
The campaign consists of several uniquely New York settings, buildings and locations as a focal point. Secondary in the images are posters, graffiti, building sponsorship and even a patch on a punk-rocker’s jacket all subtly branded with the “New York 411” identity.
Ms. Grosso shot the images on location in New York in February of this year.
“It was very tiring, but rewarding,” Grosso commented. “We spent 5 days, 18 hours a day, scouting and shooting simultaneously. Looking for just the right framing to capture images that would work as advertising, but have a very classical look.”
