Luke Duval

Luke Duval

Luke Duval Vu is a self-taught fashion, beauty, and celebrity photographer. In an interview with NHA Magazine, they describe "his photographs are stylized, edgy, and avant-garde, with images that captures mood and sensuality, while telling stories with the revelatory power of beauty." [ [Nha Magazine Issue Nov/Dec 2005] ]

Biography

After high school, he attended UCLA and graduated with a B.Sc. degree in Biochemistry and later a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Western University of Health Sciences.Fact|date=August 2008 He was on his way with a career as a pharmacist, but all that changed with one strange dream. [Duval, " [http://www.180mag.ca/0803/duval/duval.html From a Strange Dream] " (an autobiographical photoessay).] The next morning he decided to pursue photography despite his lack of knowledge of the field. He taught himself photography and studied lighting from fashion magazines. [Nathan Pham, " [http://vietnameseartists.net/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=33&limit=9&limitstart=9 He exchanged his Pharmacy degree for a 'camera'?] " vietnamartists.net, 7 December 2007.]

Career

His photography career started in 2004 with the purchase of his first camera. In 2006, he received the Pilsner Urquell International Photography Award for Nonprofessional Photographer of the Year in the category Advertising, with first places in the subcategories Fashion, and Beauty. [" [http://photoawards.com/06/contests/2006winners.asp Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards — IPA 2006 Winners] ", photoawards.com.] In 2007, he got his first major break in the fashion photography world when he won the 10th Annual Avant Guardian Award from "Surface." [" [http://flash.popphoto.com/blog/2007/10/winners-of-avan.html; Surface Magazine Avant Guardian Winners] ] He has photographed celebrities like Penn Badgley, Audrina Patridge, Jody Watley, and Carnie Wilson. [" [http://www.lukeduval.com; www.lukeduval.com] ,] .

Awards

* 2007 Color Awards Photography Masters Cup [ [http://www.worldphotographicarts.com/gallery/colorawards/2nd_annual/masterscup/winners.php?x=p&cid=4 Masters Cup | International Color Awards ] ]
* 2006 Annual International Photography Awards

References

External links

* [http://www.lukeduval.com Official Page www.lukeduval.com]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2977009/ IMDB Television Credits]
* [http://myspace.com/lukeduval Myspace Page]


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