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Nicholas Maggio. Born in New Orleans, LA and raised in Bakersfield, CA, Nicholas Maggio now lives in Los Angeles. His directorial debut, Mob Land (2023), is an homage to the classic American Neo-Noir genre.
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Nicholas Maggio. Director: Mob Land. Born in New Orleans, LA and raised in Bakersfield, CA, Nicholas Maggio now lives in Los Angeles. His directorial debut, Mob Land (2023), is an homage to the classic American Neo-Noir genre.
MEET THE ARTISTS: Nicholas Maggio. WHERE DID YOU GROW UP: Born in New Orleans, then Ventura, but I claim Bakersfield as the place that grew me. And yes, I said Bakersfield. WHEN DID YOU FIRST BECOME INTERESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHY: I started taking classes in Jr. High, so when I was 12 or so.
Born in Louisiana, raised in Southern California, and road-tripping everywhere in between with his family, Nicholas had seen most of the country by the time he even knew what a camera was. Fast forward to high school where he would spend countless nights in the darkroom his dad had built for him in the laundry room.
Nicholas Maggio Kindred Motorworks x GQ Magazine Nicholas Maggio photographed Kindred Motorworks for GQ Magazine. Read More...
Nicholas saw most of country before he even knew what a camera was. He was born in Louisiana, raised in Southern California, and road-tripped everywhere else in between with his family. Next, fast forward to art school: Nicholas would ditch his color theory class to spend countless hours in the darkroom obsessing over large format prints.
In a world filled with artist who try to capture the instantaneous and spontaneous, Maggio manages to make it seems effortless; he creates idols and characters in a world full of everyday people. He celebrates the human.