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Luke White plays pool and talks marriage in Rawalpindi
15th July 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Rawalpindi exemplifies old style Pakistan. I had checked into a lovely very run down hotel with blue windows, stone floors and cool faded bedrooms. I played pool in a street round the corner and later that day I met the hotel owner’s nephew who was over from Birmingham. He was a little suspicious of me at first, and asked me some searching questions. Realising I was there more by chance...
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Luke White does not strip down on Essaouira beach
3rd July 2009 | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
I am on Essaouira Beach and it is a very busy place. It's June, the windy season, and yes the wind is relentless driving along an abrasive mist of sand and spray. Lying on my towel and reading a book is not really an option here but luckily there are lots of others. Stripping down and ripping along the foreshore crisscrossed by 50 or so other kitesurfers could be fun,...
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Luke White
Luke Whites portraits and design photographs appear regularly in publications worldwide, including Vanity Fair, The World of Interiors, AD US/ Germany/France, Conde Nast Traveller, Martha Stewart Living, Vogue, House Beautiful US, Harpers, House and Garden and Living etc. Luke White is best known for his expert lighting which has resulted in an increasingly wide range of commissions both in the studio and on location. Recent commissions include catalogues (Oka, Chelsea Textiles), portraits (Vanity Fair, FT How To Spend It), and advertising campaigns (my deco, Dominican Tourist Board). Luke has published three books to date: Lighting by Design with Sally Storey of Lighting Design International; Perfect Neutrals, with a text by the design guru Stephanie Hoppen, and in September 2008 again with Sally Storey, Perfect lighting. He has just finished a book on Irish houses to be published later this year and is currently working on a series of shoots with the designer Jonathan Reed covering projects completed in the last 5 years.
