Photography, music, movies and my family – that’s it. That’s all. No surprises there I guess. If you wanted to know what makes me tick – what I completely and utterly love losing myself in – then it’s these four things. It’s always been this way for me. Always will be. Kathie, Rose and Wren – my beautiful, slightly weird, but utterly gorgeous family – are the most important piece of this puzzle. They’re my biggest inspiration (and my biggest critics) and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Oh yeah, and I’m partial to a comfy pair of slippers, a good book, a decent pint and the eternal, impossible search for irresistible, perfect light.

I started my photography career in the beautiful surrounds of Queenstown, NZ where I worked on all kinds of commissions: winter sports, advertising, portraiture, as well as a whole myriad of other commercial and editorial projects too long to list. The only thing I didn’t really work on was weddings. But after returning to the UK, I finally made the jump and discovered very quickly what I’d been missing out on.
– IN 2019 I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE NAMED BEST NEW TALENT IN EUROPE BY THE GOOD PEOPLE AT BODAF
– I WAS ALSO NAMED AS ONE OF RANGEFINDER MAGAZINE’S 30 RISING STARS OF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY IN 2019
– In 2021, ELLE MAGAZINE VERY KINDLY PUT ME AT THE TOP OF THEIR LIST OF 17 WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

 

About - Luke Bell

I draw a huge amount of inspiration from and am massively indebted to (in no particular order):

Lauren Withrow / Doug Aitken / My Bloody Valentine / Greg Hunt / Jack Davison / Harry Gruyaert / Heath Kirchart / Rachel Milne / The Armed / Jeremy Snell / Christopher Anderson / Darius Khondji / Stefan Bladh / Atlantic Drift / Sarah Van Rij / Sonic Youth / Khalil Joseph / Sakiko Nomura / Stevie Williams / Bret Curry / Hamish Robertson / Meshuggah / Carolyn Drake / Bill Strobeck / Warp Records / The Rijksmuseum / China Mieville / Yelena Yemchuk / Andrew Reynolds / Tomato / Wim Wenders / Philip-Lorca DiCorcia / Dennis Hopper / DOOM / Fred Mortagne / John Cale / Harris Savides / Megan Doherty / Tom Penny / Josef Koudelka / Cannibal Ox / Dylan Reider / Aoife McArdle / David Fincher / Glen Luchford / Iain M Banks / the GZA / Arto Saari / Robbie Lawrence / Roger Deakins / Underworld / Gregory Halpern

About | Luke Bell – Beautiful Modern Wedding Photography