Torkil Gudnason

Torkil Gudnason (born in Denmark) is a New York based fashion photographer.

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Biography

Gudnason started working as a fashion photographer assisting Jørn Freddie in Copenhagen, Denmark and then moved to New York in 1978. From New York Gudnason started assisting Guy Bourdin in Paris, and Antonio Lopez, Jean-Paul Goude and Patrick Demarchelier in New York.[1][2]

Career

Gudnason has shot fashion stories for Vogue, Tatler, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Flaunt, Allure, Marie Claire, Paper, Dansk, Surface, Vanity Fair. Gudnason has contributed to the image development of Estée Lauder, Guerlain,[3][4][5] Elizabeth Arden,[6] L'Oréal,[7][8] Lancôme, Piaget,[9] MAC Cosmetics, Bergdorf Goodman, Montblanc, Lexus,[10] Rolex, Huit,[11][12][13] Givenchy, Shiseido, Armani. Celebrity subjects have most famously included Catherine Zeta Jones,[6] Beyoncé, Liv Tyler, Miloš Forman, Rosario Dawson, Diane Kruger, Isaac Mizrahi,[14] Lars von Trier, Andie MacDowell. André 3000 (OutKast), Björk, Sean Lennon, Gong Li, Udo Kier, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Christian Lacroix, Bette Midler, Sharon Stone, and models such as Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Elizabeth Hurley, Christy Turlington, and Kate Moss.

Exhibitions[15]

Photography for Advertising, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, 1987

Art of Persuasion, International Center of Photography (ICP), New York, NY, 1988

Faculty Show, Woodstock Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY, 1990

The Colors of Fashion, Arcade Gallery, FIT, New York, NY, 1992

Organic Series, Reykavil Municipal Art Museum, Reykavil, ICELAND, 1992

Organic Elements, Charlottenborg Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DENMARK, 1993

Permanent Collection, MOMA, Wakayama, JAPAN, 1993

Permanent Collection, Photo Museum Odense, DENMARK, 1994

Natural Elements, Bridgewater/Lustberg, New York, NY, 1994

Organics, Bridgewater/Lustberg, New York, NY, 1996

A Big Show of Small Work, Bridgewater/Lustberg & Blumenfeld, New York, NY, 1998+1999

Natural Elements, Part II, Bridgewater/Lustberg & Blumenfeld, New York, NY, 2000

Torkil Gudnason exhibition, MA2 Gallery, Tokyo, JAPAN, 2007 [16][17]

Dreamwomen - Beauty in the 21st century, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, GERMANY, 2008[18]

Hot House, Ports 1961 Gallery, New York, NY, 2009[19]

Awards

Europhot Youth Scholarship, Foundation Maeght, St Paul de Vence, France, 1973

Ilford. Golden Release. 1st Prize. Denmark, 1976

Creativity Eighty; Editorial for GQ, New York, August 1980

Award of Excellence. Photography Annual by Communication Arts Mag. California, August 1991

PDN/Nikon, 1st Prize, Art Directors Club. New York, October 1991

MPA Kelly Award. Magazine Publishers of America, October 1993

Award of Excellence., Society of Newspaper Design, Washington Post Magazine, December 1994

Northwest Addy Award, Merit, Nike for Wieden+Kennedy, 1994

Certificate of Excellence, American Photography, Men's Journal, January 1995

Bibliography

Published Books

"Torkil Gudnason - Selected Photographs 2005-2010", Torkil Gudnason Studio, 2010, USA, ISBN 978-1-4507-4466-9

"Hot House", Torkil Gudnason Studio, 2010, USA

Articles / Featured in Books

"Cover Profile" Advertising Technique. No 8 (Dec. 1980) p. 1 & p. 6-8

"Cover Story" Commercial Photo. Japan No. 217 (Aug. 1981) p. 1 & p. 35-56

"New Talent" Art Direction Magazine (Apr. 1983) p. 11-14

"From Silk to Marble" with Colette. Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (1985) (27 plates in color)

"Whats new Portfolio" Adweek 27, No.9 (Feb. 24, 1986) p. 48

"Cube Root" Advertising Technique (Mar. 1986) p. 14-19

"The Art of Persuasion" by Robert A. Sobiezek, Harry Abrams, NY (Mar. 1988) p. 188 (plate 146)

"Collection Images" Special issue of Kodak's International Photography Magazine (Sep. 1992) p. 34

"Cover -profile" Foto & Film, Denmark (nr.7/8, Aug. 1992) p. 16-21

"Color of Fashion" Published by Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Inc. NY (Dec. 1993) p. 68, 186

"Organic Series" Blind Spot, New Photography. Premiere issue, NY (Jan. 1993)

"Idea Mag." T.Gudnason, photogr., Intl Adv. Art, Japan (Feb. 1993 #237) p. 76-82

"Moschino" Leonardo Arte, Italy, (Oct. 1997) p. 43, 72

"Wildness" Dolce & Gabbana, Italy (Nov. 1998) p. 132-133

"Mode;Models" Hiro Ikeda, Publisher, Tokyo, Japan (Sep. 1998) p. 38-41

"Manolo Blahnik" HarperCollins (Aug. 2000) p. 86

"Masterminds of Mode" Hiro Ikeda, Publisher, Tokyo, Japan (Feb. 2000) p. 45

"Beaute du Siecle" Editions Assouline, Paris (Mar. 2000) p. 283, 297, 322

"Graphis - The Int. Journal of Design and Communication", #342, NY (Nov./Dec. 2002), p. 66-87, ISSN 0017-3452[2]

"Graphis Photo Annual 2004", 2004, p. 39, ISBN 1-931241-33-3

"Beauty in Vogue" Ediciones Conde Nast S.A., 2006, 'Golden Torso', ISBN 84-611-4050-8

"Pucci" Benedikt Taschen, Taschen, Limited Edition of 10,000 copies, Italy, 2010, p. 182-183 + 374-375[20] ISBN 978-3-8365-0736-3

"American Photography 27", USA, 2011, Front Cover & Back Cover + p. 124-125 [21][22] ISBN 10: 1-886212-36-8

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  4. ^ "Guerlain-Issima Secret Divin". http://www.lebook.com/gb/index.php?numFiche=C3298. Retrieved 2010-11-29. 
  5. ^ "Guerlain-Issima Fonds De Tein". http://www.lebook.com/gb/index.php?numFiche=C3311. Retrieved 2010-11-29. 
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  9. ^ "Piaget". http://www.lebook.com/gb/index.php?numFiche=C1107. Retrieved 2010-11-29. 
  10. ^ "Lexus". http://www.lebook.com/gb/index.php?numFiche=C8862. Retrieved 2010-11-29. 
  11. ^ "Huit". http://www.lebook.com/gb/index.php?numFiche=C8662. Retrieved 2010-11-29. 
  12. ^ "Huit - behind-the-scenes". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHbqTbuYfx0. Retrieved 2010-11-29. 
  13. ^ "Huit - making of a shooting". http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6p4cn_huit-making-of-shooting_sexy. Retrieved 2010-11-29. 
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