Ben Duggan is a photographer grew up in Los Angeles, CA. He started taking pictures when he was given a plastic twin lens camera as a teenager. He then worked at A&I in LA printing for Helmut Newton and then went on to assist Playboy, Miles Aldridge, Francesco Carrozzini, and was Matthias Vriens' assistant for 5 years. He moved to New York and shot Lady Gaga with Francesco Vezzoli for French Vogue, and helped start UltraViolence magazine. He splits time between Los Angeles and New York shooting for Guess and Marciano, Nike, Ralph Lauren, Sony Records, BMG, and AS Collection. He's shot for Glamour, French and German Vogue, Elite Traveler, and Idolize magazine. Duggan lives in the Lower East Side with his 2 daughters.
September 19, 2009[]
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- Fashion - Nicola Formichetti
- Fashion assistant - Anna Trevelyan
- Makeup - Pati Dubroff (The Wall Group)
- Hair - Peter Savic (Solo Artists)
- Production - Tommy Moore
- Vintage unsigned cage underskirt.
- Dress by Alexander McQueen, headpiece styled as neckpiece by Philip Treacy for Alexander McQueen, and vintage neck ruff from Palace Costume.
- Dress by Alexander McQueen and headpiece by Charlie Le Mindu.
- Boots by John Galliano.
Part of this photoshoot was also used by Francesco Vezzoli for some of his petit-point embroideries for Ballet Russe Italian Style (The Shortest Musical You Will Never See Again) (2009) and other exhibitions. Their collaboration was also seen in Vogue Paris (No. 902 November 2009).