Barry Lategan(7 January 1935 – 11 August 2024) was a South Africa-born fashion, editorial and commercial photographer, best known for his discovery of, and early work with,Twiggy[1][2][3]and forBritish VogueandItalian Vogue.[4]
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| Born | 7 January 1935 |
| Died | 11 August 2024(aged 89) London,England |
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Life and career
editLategan was born on 7 January 1935 in South Africa, and came to Britain in 1955 to study at theBristol Old Vic Theatre School.[3]He was called up for national service with the RAF and it was during this period that he discovered photography. He returned to South Africa in 1959 and assisted the Cape Town photographer Ginger Oads.[5]He returned to London in 1961.
In a comparison withDavid BaileyLategan was described as 'the Gainsborough of fashion photography' to Bailey's Hogarth.[6]He has photographedPrincess Anne,Paul McCartney,Linda McCartney,Iman,Germaine Greer,Calvin Klein,Margaret Thatcher,Sol Campbell,John Major,andSalman Rushdie.[1]
He was made an Honorary Fellow of theRoyal Photographic Societyin 2007.[7]
Lategan suffered a serious fall in 2006 which caused a serious brain injury and increasingly affected his behaviour. In 2016 he was diagnosed withfrontotemporal dementia(FTD) while sectioned under the Mental Health Act, which he and his family discussed publicly to raise awareness of the condition.[8]In 2015 Lategan faced sexual harassment allegations, and was accused of groping two women he scouted in 2013 and 2014 which went to a trial of the events.[9]
His photography has been exhibited by the Victoria and Albert Museum, The National Portrait Gallery, the Olympus Gallery, the Royal Photographic Society, Bath, and the South African National Gallery.[citation needed]
Lategan died in London on 11 August 2024, at the age of 89.[10]
References
edit- ^ab"Profile for Barry Lategan".Lensmodern. Archived fromthe originalon 25 April 2017.Retrieved24 April2017.
- ^"Barry Lategan - Person - National Portrait Gallery".National Portrait Gallery, London.26 December 2016.Retrieved24 April2017.
- ^ab"Barry Lategan - Artists".Peter Fetterman.Retrieved24 April2017.
- ^List of British Vogue cover modelsandList of Vogue Italia cover modelsboth with photographers' credits.
- ^Ginger Odes.Accessed 16 August 2024.
- ^Roger Clark, 'David Bailey. An interview with Roger Clark' inBritish Journal of Photography,6 July 1979, 644–647.
- ^RPS Honorary Fellowship.Accessed 15 August 2024.
- ^Barry Lategan Archive. Biography.Accessed 16 August 2024.
- ^"Vogue photographer who 'discovered Twiggy' denies sex attacks on two women".The Telegraph. 19 February 2015.Retrieved14 April2023.
- ^"Biography".Barry Lategan Archive.Retrieved16 August2024.
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