Rocco is also the owner and founder of Rocco Basile Photography, an art gallery and photography studio in which the renowned photographer works with up-and-coming photographers and other artists from all over the country. A graduate of Emerson College who holds an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts, Rocco continues to travel the world as a photojournalist but is increasingly focused on serving as a mentor to aspiring photographers at his Southern California art gallery and photography studio.