Glen Luchford

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. 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.

In 2009, Luchford joined artist management agency Art Partner.

Luchford collaborated with Alessandro Michele on the re-branding of Gucci after Michele's appointment as the brand's Creative Director in 2015. He photographed the designer's first campaigns, 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.

Publications

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

Films

• Here to Where (2001) – director

Collections

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

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

References

References

1. (6 September 2017). "Glen Luchford's best photograph: Amber Valletta modelling Prada in a sinking boat". The Guardian.
2. (31 May 2020). "Selected Works: the fashion photography of Glen Luchford – in pictures". The Guardian.
3. Christine Lennon (June 19, 2014), [https://www.wsj.com/articles/glen-luchford-opens-the-rose-hotel-in-venice-calif-1403200550?tesla=y&mod=WSJ_article_exploremore Glen Luchford Opens the Rose Hotel in Venice, Calif.] ''[[Wall Street Journal]]''.
4. "British Council Film: From Here To Where".
5. "Glen Luchford".
6. (7 December 2018). "Glen Luchford - BoF 500 - The People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry".
7. "Gucci appoints Alessandro Michele as Creative Director".
8. (April 14, 2015). "BoF Exclusive - New Gucci Ads Point to Step-by-Step Re-Positioning - BoF Exclusive".
9. (July 15, 2019). "Gucci's new campaign is a fashion throwback extravaganza - Dazed".
10. (22 August 2012). "Damaged Negatives, Glen Luchford".
11. (6 September 2017). "Jack Webb, Photographed by Glen Luchford". The New York Times.
12. "glen luchford's fascinating test photos of his longtime assistant".
13. 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". The Observer.
14. (4 September 2001). "Here To Where".
15. "Glen Luchford - MoMA".
16. "Search Results - V&A Explore the Collections".
17. "Glen Luchford (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)".