Glen Luchford Explained

Glen Luchford
Birth Place:	Brighton, England
Field:	Fashion photography, film

Glen Luchford (born 1968)^[1] is a British fashion photographer and film director.^[2] He lives and works in Venice, California.^[3]

Life and work

A self-taught photographer, Brighton-born Luchford left school at 15 and moved to London, where he worked at a hair salon.

He worked as a photographer for The Face magazine at age 20. Luchford first signed with New York based agency Art + Commerce at the age of 24. He was one of the first photographers to collaborate with model Kate Moss. In 1997, he signed exclusively to Prada, and has since shot advertising campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent, Givenchy, Chloé, Lanvin, Calvin Klein, and Gucci. He has collaborated extensively with British artist Jenny Saville with shows at the Gagosian Gallery. His editorial work has been featured in magazines such as The Face, Arena, i-D, and British, French, American, Italian Vogue magazines, Harper's Bazaar, and Self Service Magazine.

Luchford's style is influenced by his love of cinema. His signature look is to work with cinematic lighting, both on location and in studio.

In 2001, Luchford directed the film Here to Where, about a filmmaker wanting to make a film about a man stranded at an airport.^[4] Nominated for the Michael Powell award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the film is considered to be an inspiration for Steven Spielberg's The Terminal.^[5]

In 2009, Luchford joined artist management agency Art Partner.^[6]

Luchford collaborated with Alessandro Michele on the re-branding of Gucci after Michele's appointment as the brand's Creative Director in 2015.^{[6] [7]} He photographed the designer's first campaigns,^[8] and created a brand new image of Gucci with Michele. His cinematic approach on the images took Gucci away from the sexualised campaigns of Michele's predecessor Frida Giannini and the Tom Ford era. He photographed Gucci's campaigns until Spring Summer 2020.^[9]

Publications

• Jenny Saville & Glen Luchford: Closed Contact, Gagosian Gallery (2002)
• Glen Luchford (Steidl/Dangin, 2009)
• Damaged Negatives (2013)^[10]
• Glen Luchford: Pictorialism (2014). A retrospective.
• The Agony and the Ecstasy (2018)^{[11] [12]}
• Roseland. London: Idea, 2023. Edition of 1000 copies.^[13]

Films

• Here to Where (2001) – director^[14]

Collections

Luchford's work is held in the following permanent collections:

• Museum of Modern Art, New York: 2 prints (as of 4 January 2023)^[15]
• Victoria and Albert Museum, London: 47 prints (as of 4 January 2023)^[16]
• J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles: 6 prints (as of 4 January 2023)^[17]

Notes and References

1. News: Nell. Frizzell. 2019-12-13. Glen Luchford's best photograph: Amber Valletta modelling Prada in a sinking boat. The Guardian. 6 September 2017. 0261-3077.
2. News: Jo. Jones. 2023-01-04. Selected Works: the fashion photography of Glen Luchford – in pictures. The Guardian. 31 May 2020. 0261-3077.
3. Christine Lennon (June 19, 2014), Glen Luchford Opens the Rose Hotel in Venice, Calif. Wall Street Journal.
4. Web site: British Council Film: From Here To Where . film-directory.britishcouncil.org . 19 April 2021.
5. Web site: Glen Luchford . Vogue . 19 April 2021 . en . 8 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210508230506/http://likeapainting.vogue.es/bio/en/glen-luchford/ . dead .
6. Web site: Glen Luchford - BoF 500 - The People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry. The Business of Fashion. 7 December 2018 .
7. Web site: Gucci appoints Alessandro Michele as Creative Director. Kering.
8. Web site: Amed . Imran . BoF Exclusive - New Gucci Ads Point to Step-by-Step Re-Positioning - BoF Exclusive. The Business of Fashion. April 14, 2015 . April 14, 2015.
9. Web site: Cadogan . Dominic . Gucci's new campaign is a fashion throwback extravaganza - Dazed . . July 15, 2019 . July 15, 2019.
10. Web site: 2023-01-04. Damaged Negatives, Glen Luchford. 22 August 2012. AnOther.
11. News: 2023-01-04. Jack Webb, Photographed by Glen Luchford. The New York Times. 6 September 2017. 0362-4331.
12. Web site: Hannah. Ongley. 2023-01-04. glen luchford's fascinating test photos of his longtime assistant. i-d.vice.com.
13. News: Helmore . Edward . 2023-12-30 . 'We have to shoot in colour or they'll kill us': the day a young Kate Moss hit the fashion stratosphere . en-GB . The Observer . 2023-12-30 . 0029-7712.
14. Web site: Derek. Elley. 2023-01-04. Here To Where. 4 September 2001.
15. Web site: 2023-01-04. Glen Luchford - MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art.
16. Web site: Victoria and Albert. Museum. 2023-01-04. Search Results - V&A Explore the Collections. Victoria and Albert Museum.
17. Web site: 2023-01-04. Glen Luchford (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection). The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection.