Glen Luchford: photographer

A photographer referred to in our meeting was Glen Luchford, for his reference to cinematic styles.

Luchford is a British fashion photographer and film director (which obviously hints through in his photography). He has had many collaborations with a variety of fashion houses, shooting their advertising; Calvin Klein, Yves Saint Laurent and Levi for example, also Luchford has collaborated with artist Jenny Saville (who's work I adore) many times and has produced many editorial pieces for magazines ranging from i.D to a plethora of Vogues throughout the the world.

During the 1990’s, there seemed to be a major shift in the world of fashion photography and this new-found sense of realism and spontaneity distilled into fashion photographs. Luchford was a part of this movement, his earliest photographs prefigure the gritty, found-light aesthetic that defined the first half of the 90s. His film noir appreciation and creative use of narrative confounded expectations for fashion photography at the time.

I love Luchford's aesthetic in concerning the lighting he uses in his shots and his consideration of cropping in his shots I like, it almost makes the images look more personal and 'snapshot-esque'.

During my reseach for images of Luchford's I came across a site, fashionising.com and on the site it referenced Glen Luchford's photographs and in a set of photographs I came across a fashion shoot named, 'Doll Parts' shot for V magazine, and I think it is a very fitting theme for our project and is great to look at when considering styling ideas.

Following Consumers.

We had our group meeting yesterday to discuss everyones initial ideas and decide on a path to go down for the new project.

Our idea at the minute came from simply the word, 'Match'. Moira had an idea to base a shoot around the idea of consumerism and mass reproduction, which from a stylist view and my personal view I really like, as I like to question the ideas behind brands and peoples behaviour. The definition for the word match includes the idea of 'similarity' and the connotations of a 'unit' of specifics. So with this in mind, and the idea of consumerism, specially at the minute, we have agreed on focusing the shoot on a 'uniform of people', in this case a model, alongside mannequins.

The meeting itself went really well: we work well together and it shows. We each had initial ideas for a shoot, but drew everyones ideas together, as they seem to work well.

This is my list of notes from the meeting;

-match- definition? in terms of fashion- an army of women
-warriors, army, militant (regarding style-the fall collections referenced heavily the military)
-look at fashion shows/designers that have meaning about the portrayal of women (hussein chalayan)
-Jeff Walls picture, Insomnia, colouring of image-photography format
-consumerism and mass reproduction
-using materials to change its purpose -resemble fire-chiffon, hot colours (lucinda chambers)
-army, on the street (early morning-light)
-smoke/mist over images
-cinematic style shots
-research any connections with smoking and the military(rationing of cigarrettes)
-playing with proportions -do one shoot the size of a barbie- use barbie as a model (ideas of mass reproduction/consumerism/similar/the same) and another shoot life size
-when sequencing and editing- have a strong visable narrative (put images in certain order)
-in shoot -model- odd one out, mannequins (they are very similar as they are mass produced, more so than a person) as the consumer society- wanting to look the same
-film stills
-mannequins lit up???
-research barbie- her portrayal/meaning/connotations

People to research-

Fashion:
-Helmut Newton- naked women, lined up
-Hussein Chalayan-how he portrays ideas of consumerism
-Lucinda Chambers (vogue stylist) who uses clothes in a shoot to change its use i.e trousers as a head piece

Photography:
-Glen Luchford-cinematic style
-Miles Aldrige constructive set ups
-Cindy Sherman (portrayal of women)
-Finley Mckay