Raphael Mazzucco

Raphael Mazzucco or Rafael Mazzucco is a former professional football player and a Canadian fashion, art and music photographer who shoots in various countries around the world.cite web|url=http://www.artistinterviews.com/showbiz/raphaelmazzucco.htm|title=Raphael Mazzucco|accessdate=2008-03-21|publisher=Artist Interviews|author=Darnel, Marisa] He is a native of city-state|Vancouver|British Columbia, Canada who is based in New York. [cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2006_swimsuit/more/photographers.html|title=Swimsuit Photographers|accessdate=2008-03-21|year=2006|publisher=CNN/Sports Illustrated] cite web|url=http://www.miconworldwide.com/bio-lg.htm|title=Bio|accessdate=2008-03-21] Although his studio is in New York City, his home is in city-state|Montauk|New York. His photographs have appeared on the cover of four consecutive "Sports Illustrated" Swimsuit Issues, including the 2006 and 2008 main cover images. [cite web|url=http://dynamic.si.cnn.com/si_online/covers/issues/2005/0215.html|title=The Swimsuit Issue Gets Hotter|accessdate=2008-03-21|date=2005-02-15|publisher=Time Inc.|work=SI Cover Search
cite web|url=http://dynamic.si.cnn.com/si_online/covers/issues/2006/0217.html|title=All-Star SI Cover Model Beach Party|accessdate=2008-03-21|date=2006-02-17|publisher=Time Inc.|work=SI Cover Search
cite web|url=http://dynamic.si.cnn.com/si_online/covers/issues/2007/0215.html|title=Beyonce: The Dreamgirl As You've Never Seen Her|accessdate=2008-03-21|date=2007-02-15|publisher=Time Inc.|work=SI Cover Search
cite web|url=http://dynamic.si.cnn.com/si_online/covers/issues/2008/0215.html|title=Barely Bikinis|accessdate=2008-03-21|year=2008-02-15|publisher=Time Inc.|work=SI Cover Search] In addition to his cover shots, he is well known for his 2007 Swimsuit Issue handbra photo of Marisa Miller wearing only an iPod. [cite web|url=http://cgi.cnnsi.com/features/2007_swimsuit/models/marisa_miller/07_marisa_miller_7.html|title=Marisa Miller|accessdate=2008-03-21|year=2007|publisher=CNN/Sports Illustrated] He was commissioned to shoot Victoria's Secret's coffee table book. [cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Victorias-Secret-Volumes-Tropez-Sardinia/dp/B0014RI5A0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206107606&sr=8-1|title=Victoria's Secret Sexy Three Volumes St. Tropez, Sardinia, Tulum|accessdate=2008-03-21|publisher=Amazon.com, Inc.|year=2005
cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Sexy-Vol-Iii-Sardinia-Tropez/dp/B0013FU4W0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206107606&sr=8-3|title=Sexy, Vol Iii: Sardinia, St. Tropez, Tulum|accessdate=2008-03-21|publisher=Amazon.com, Inc.|year=2005] He is well-known for his recent Guess campaigns.

He is known for starting his photo sessions with very tight shots from up-close to his subjects faces. [cite book|title=Complete Guide for Models: Inside Advice from Industry Pros for Fashion Modeling|isbn=1579905765|year=2004|author=Bean, Eric and Jenni Bidner|pages=161|publisher=Lark Books] Although the handbra has been a popular part of the swimsuit issue for several years, Mazzucco was the first to achieve a handbra Swimsuit Issue cover photo with his eight-woman handbra 2006 shot. He is married to Lisa-Marie Mazzucco and has a son named Sascha. He photographed Megan Ewing twice a year when she was a Guess Girl.d

His photographs have been featured in a few widely published books: "Sports Illustrated: Exposure" (ISBN 9781933405858, 2006, Time, Incorporated Home Entertainment) [cite web|url=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Sports-Illustrated/Raphael-Mazzucco/e/9781933405858/?itm=1|title=Sports Illustrated: Exposure|accessdate=2008-03-22|publisher=Barnesandnoble.com llc] and "A Second Decade of Guess
cite web|url=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/A-Second-Decade-of-Guess-Images/Paul-Marciano/e/9780963672810/?itm=2|title=A Second Decade of Guess
] The Sports Illustrated book is a derivative work from his 2006 Swimsuit Issue photo session.

His career started with work for Calvin Klein and as a music photographer. He then lived in Milan, Italy for three years while continuing photography but emphasizing more fashion than music.

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* [http://www.miconworldwide.com/main.htm Personal website]