What I admire about Glen Luchford’s work is that the pictures feel like they’re from a dream. There’s something nostalgic about his work. From composition, emotion, subject, color and lighting. It’s very cinematic.

In an interview in his monograph Glen Luchford, he mentions that when he was very young his father (a newspaper paste-up artist) had a twelve by twenty feet wall filled with paste-up photos of beautiful women, naked and some partially dressed. When he was left with the television he would watch old French art movies. So it seems that both of these influences have affected his style. Quite nostalgic and voyeuristic.

The book quality is pretty good (and printed in Germany). The dust jacket has a matte/uncoated finish and the hard cover is fabric with debossed titles. On some spreads, there have been some generous use of negative space, so some spreads may only have one photo on one side of the spread. The book contains 80 photographs out of 150 pages. Nevertheless, this is a book worth having for any serious photographer — especially since this is the only Glen Luchford portfolio book at present.

iPhone in the picture to show you the book size.

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Glen Luchford is a British photographer who started in the 90s and was recognize by Prada in 1996 — he was then given a two year contract to do an advertising campaign. Some of his other work experiences include Calvin Klein, Yves Saint Laurent, Vogue, Bazaar, Spin, Rolling Stone and Levis.

So I just got Araki Gold in the mail. Quite excited but upset that upon opening the Amazon box, the book is in an unacceptable condition. I bought it directly from Amazon new but it looks used. So, they’re shipping a new one and gotta mail the damaged one back tomorrow. Will feature this cool book soon.

C is asleep after drinking mango juice. As always, the 5-minute Wordpress install works like a charm. It’s close to midnight, gotta hit bed to prepare for a hectic work day at the studio tomorrow.