Glen Luchford is a fashion photographer I followed and respected immensely in the late 90′s in London. His work had life, style and an edge that was immediately distinguishable. But even the best of photographers can fall into a momentary lapse of over-confidence. After storing some of his most valuable work in a not so secure storage facility he discovered that every photographer’s worst nightmare had happened.
Here is a quote from an interview with AnOther Magazine:
“I put the images in storage for two weeks,” Luchford explains, “which turned into two months. The entire storage unit flooded and the owner didn’t tell anyone, so by the time I arrived, the images were just mostly gone or in a state of high deterioration. There were flies and mould everywhere. On a sub-conscious level, you have to ask why I would ever have put them in such a ridiculous place,” he continues, “considering one print just sold for £25,000, and I lost thousands and thousands of negatives.”
However out of this has come, I think, some of his most interesting work which will be a book released in December. Images of a young Kate Moss, looking like they have been printed from a polaroid transfer or a negative that’s been taken to by a cigarette. There is real beauty in destruction, although Glen may not agree with that.
If he were smart he’d develop a Damaged Negatives iPhone camera app.
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