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 for British Vogue and Italian Vogue.[4]
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| 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 the Bristol 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 with David Bailey Lategan was described as 'the Gainsborough of fashion photography' to Bailey's Hogarth. [6] He has photographed Princess Anne, Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Iman, Germaine Greer, Calvin Klein, Margaret Thatcher, Sol Campbell, John Major, and Salman Rushdie.[1]
He was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society in 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 with frontotemporal 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- ^ a b "Profile for Barry Lategan". Lensmodern. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "Barry Lategan - Person - National Portrait Gallery". National Portrait Gallery, London. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Barry Lategan - Artists". Peter Fetterman. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ List of British Vogue cover models and List of Vogue Italia cover models both with photographers' credits.
- ^ Ginger Odes. Accessed 16 August 2024.
- ^ Roger Clark, 'David Bailey. An interview with Roger Clark' in British 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. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Biography". Barry Lategan Archive. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
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