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Gusmano Cesaretti (born July 24, 1946), born in Lucca, Italy, is a self-taught photographer and artist. He has also worked in films as a producer and visual consultant. He is one of the first photographers to document the East LA street culture, and has produced photojournalistic works in locations around the world including North, Central and South America, Southeast Asia, China, and Africa. His current work focuses on Midwest Middle America.

East Los Angeles
Cesaretti has documented Los Angeles lifestyles, the Klique car club, and Chicano street barrio culture and LA gang life.

Other Locations
Cesaretti created series of photographs in Cuba, Bolivia, Panama, and Brazil, China, Thailand, Lebanon, Israel, Africa, and Chicago's South Side and Cabrini Green Housing Project. These photographic studies are documented on his web site.

Work in Films
Cesaretti has worked closely with film directors Michael Mann, Tony Scott, and Mark Forster, to create the look and feel on films, including Last of the Mohicans, The Insider, Public Enemy, The Taking of Pelham 123, Quantum of Solace, Collateral, Heat, Miami Vice and Ali.