Cornel Lucas (1920–2012) was a British photographer, who as a film still photographer was a pioneer of film portraiture in the 1940s and 1950s. He was the first photographer to win a BAFTA in 1998 for Services to British Film Industry. He published two books of his work,
Heads and Tales and
Shooting Stars.
Exhibited internationally. Permanent collection at National Portrait Gallery (London), National Media Museum and London’s Photographers’ Gallery. He joined the Royal Photographic Society in 1943, becoming a Fellow.
Lucas photographed many movies stars in the late forties and fifties including Marlene Dietrich, David Niven, Gregory Peck, Robert Newton, Joan Collins, Yvonne de Carlo, Diana Dors (in a gondola in Venice). He was in charge of the photographic studios set up by the Rank Organisation.
These gorgeous photos are part of his work that Cornel Lucas took portraits of classic beauties from between the 1940s and 1960s.
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| Anouk Aimée in the film “Les amants de Vérone”, photo by Cornel Lucas, 1949 |
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| Jean Simmons, photo by Cornel Lucas, 1948 |
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| Katharine Hepburn, photo by Cornel Lucas, 1950 |
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| Jean Simmons, photo by Cornel Lucas, 1951 |
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| Joan Collins, photo by Cornel Lucas, 1951 |
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