Background
Gusmano Cesaretti was born on July 24, 1946 in Lucca, Italy to Bruno Cesaretti and Delfa Cesaretti.
Gusmano Cesaretti was born on July 24, 1946 in Lucca, Italy to Bruno Cesaretti and Delfa Cesaretti.
A resident of Los Angeles since 1969, Gusmano Cesaretti has been capturing the sound, light, and emotional tenor of his adopted city through the lens of his camera. One of the first photographers to document the East Los Angeles street culture as early as 1970, Gusmano Cesaretti immersed himself in the Chicano lifestyle. His photographs of this era celebrated a sub-culture that had rarely been captured before.
From 1971 to 1973 Gusmano Cesaretti was staff photographer for the H. E. Huntington Library Art Gallery in San Marino, California. He has been a freelance photographer since 1974.
Gusmano Cesaretti curated numerous exhibitions, beginning with projects at his gallery Cityscape Foto Gallery, founded in Pasadena, California in 1977. His photographs are in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution (Washington D.C.) & the Museum of Contemporary Art - MOCA (Los Angeles). His work was featured in the 2010 groundbreaking show Art in the Streets at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), in Los Angeles, in which he was also actively involved in arranging major works by Los Angeles graffiti writers & dedicating a section of the exhibit to The Chosen Few motorcycle club.
From 2011-2014 Gusmano Cesaretti shot the documentary film Take None Give None, a portrait of The Chosen Few motorcycle club based in South Central Los Angeles.
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2018Gusmano has been married to Rosa Cesaretti since 1984. They have a son, Vasco Cesaretti. Gusmano has a daughter, Tosca Cesaretti, from a previous marriage. He also has a sister, Manuela Cesaretti.