Cornel Lucas
Henry Cornelius Lucas, better known asCornel Lucas(12 September 1920 – 8 November 2012) was a British photographer,[1]who as afilm still photographerwas a pioneer of film portraiture in the 1940s and 1950s.[2][3][4]
He was the first photographer to win aBAFTAin 1998 for Services to British Film Industry.[5]
Cornel Lucas published two books of his work,Heads and TalesandShooting Stars.
Exhibited internationally. Permanent collection atNational Portrait Gallery (London),National Media Museumand London'sPhotographers' GalleryHe joined theRoyal Photographic Societyin 1943, becoming a Fellow.[6]
Cornel Lucas photographed many movies stars in the late forties and fifties includingMarlene Dietrich,David Niven,Gregory Peck,Robert Newton,Joan Collins,Yvonne de Carlo,Diana Dors(in a gondola in Venice).[3]He was in charge of the photographic studios set up bythe Rank Organisation.
Personal life
[edit]He was married to actressBelinda Leein 1954, but divorced in 1959 on the grounds of her adultery allegedly with Prince Filippo Orsini.[7]He married the actressSusan Travers.They had four children together, including actressCharlotte Lucas.
References
[edit]- ^"Cornel Lucas".Daily Telegraph. 14 November 2012.Retrieved14 November2012.
- ^Martin Childs (11 December 2012)."Cornel Lucas: Photographer who made his name as a pioneer of film portraiture - Obituaries".The Independent.Retrieved5 October2013.
- ^ab"Cornel Lucas' Celebrity Portraits: Studio Stars of the Silver Screen".LightBox.Time.11 September 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 15 September 2012.Retrieved5 October2013.
- ^Paul Vitello(18 November 2012)."Cornel Lucas, Photographer Whose Portraits Defined Film Stars, Dies at 92".The New York Times.Retrieved5 October2013.
- ^Andrew Dawson; Sean Holmes (2 August 2012).Working in the Global Film and Television Industries: Creativity, Systems, Space, Patronage.Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 136–.ISBN978-1-78093-021-3.
- ^Geoffrey Helman, 'Portraits of the Stars by Cornel Lucas (Fellow)',The Photographic Journal,May 1958, 128-131.
- ^Belinda's husband cites prince and wins divorceAccessed 31 May 2024.
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