Tony Duran

Tony Duran Biography- In an industry that all focus goes to those in front of the camera, it is rare to catch a glimpse of someone responsible for creating those iconic images, Tony Duran. You have seen his images on countless magazine and album covers, campaigns, and editorials.


Touted as ‘the most famous non-famous photographer in the world' Duran has photographed a virtual who's who of the Hollywood and fashion set. Duran's gift is the ability to bring out the sexual side of his subjects sans any inkling towards vulgarity.


There is a sexual ambiguity in Duran's images that is not achieved through the castration of his subject, but through visual heightening what is truly sensual about the object in front of his lens.


Male and female are treated as the same erotic landscape. It is an intoxicating mix that sends celebrity to new visual heights (one look at Duran's ten year photographic relations with Jennifer Lopez will show you that.) A model's career takes the fast track to the top after a stint in front of Duran's lens. I will be the first to vouch for that. I was one of the lucky models. Years of being a very willing subject in front of Duran's camera has earned me the right to turn the spotlight on the man that in his own words is part shrink, part clown, part seductor and part devil. Whatever it takes for him to lay down the film that sends people's hormones racing.


Introduction by R Hillis