About

Born in 1971 in Naples, Italy, Mario Sorrenti moved to New York City at the age of ten. Growing up in a creative family, as a teen Mario started documenting his life through photography. At the age of 21, he first gained recognition for his work which came to the attention of several leading creative directors and led to Calvin Klein commissioning him to work on their advertising campaign. Based in New York City Mario currently contributes to several well-known magazines including French and Italian Vogue, V Magazine, W, Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, Another Magazine, Arena Homme Plus and L’Uomo Vogue and has shot advertising campaigns besides Calvin Klein for clients such as Missoni, Dolce & Gabbana, Giorgio Armani, Hermes, Longchamp, Jil Sander, Yves Saint Laurent, Shiseido, Prada and Lacome. In addition to that, Mario has directed several commercials for Calvin Klein, Davidoff, Lacome and Benetton and published numerous books. His work has appeared in several solo and group exhibitions over the years, most recently a group exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery ‘Face of Fashion’ in London 2007.