Cornel Lucas Explained

Henry Cornelius Lucas, better known as Cornel Lucas (12 September 19208 November 2012) was a British photographer,[1] who as a film still photographer was a pioneer of film portraiture in the 1940s and 1950s.[2] [3] [4]

He was the first photographer to win a BAFTA in 1998 for Services to British Film Industry.[5]

Cornel Lucas published two books of his work, Heads and Tales and Shooting Stars.

Exhibited internationally. Permanent collection at National Portrait Gallery (London), National Media Museum and London's Photographers' Gallery He joined the Royal Photographic Society in 1943, becoming a Fellow.[6]

Cornel Lucas photographed many movies stars in the late forties and fifties including Marlene Dietrich, David Niven, Gregory Peck, Robert Newton, Joan Collins, Yvonne de Carlo, Diana Dors (in a gondola in Venice).[3] He was in charge of the photographic studios set up by the Rank Organisation.

Personal life

He was married to actress Belinda Lee in 1954, but divorced in 1959 on the grounds of her adultery allegedly with Prince Filippo Orsini.[7] He married the actress Susan Travers. They had four children together, including actress Charlotte Lucas.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cornel Lucas . Daily Telegraph . 14 November 2012. 2012-11-14.
  2. Web site: Cornel Lucas: Photographer who made his name as a pioneer of film portraiture - Obituaries . The Independent. Martin Childs. 11 December 2012. 2013-10-05.
  3. Cornel Lucas' Celebrity Portraits: Studio Stars of the Silver Screen. . LightBox . https://web.archive.org/web/20120915094414/http://lightbox.time.com/2012/09/11/creating-icons-cornel-lucas-perfect-portraits-from-the-silver-screen/#1. dead. September 15, 2012. September 11, 2012. 2013-10-05.
  4. Web site: Cornel Lucas, Photographer Whose Portraits Defined Film Stars, Dies at 92. . Paul Vitello . Paul Vitello . November 18, 2012 . 5 October 2013 .
  5. Book: Andrew Dawson. Sean Holmes. Working in the Global Film and Television Industries: Creativity, Systems, Space, Patronage. 2 August 2012. Bloomsbury Publishing. 978-1-78093-021-3. 136–.
  6. Geoffrey Helman, 'Portraits of the Stars by Cornel Lucas (Fellow)', The Photographic Journal, May 1958, 128-131.
  7. https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/freepress19590409-1.2.24 Belinda's husband cites prince and wins divorce

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