Draft:Rachel Chandler
Rachel Chandler | |
|---|---|
| Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | Photographer, model scout, casting director |
| Spouse(s) | Tom Guinness Nate Lowman |
Rachel Chandler is an American modeling executive and casting director focused on "street-cast kids"[1][2][3] and has been praised for "defying gender norms" in advancing diversity and giving special attention to atypical and transgender models.[4][5][6]
Personal life
[edit]Chandler was born in Los Angeles, and lived in the Midlands of England as a child in the mid-1990s and settled in New York at 18 to study Art History at the Gallatin School in 2005.[7][8][9]
She married Tom Guinness, holding a small February 2012 wedding ceremony for family in Los Angeles and a Spring 2013 "shamanic" service at Lypiatt Park, owned by friend Daniel Chadwick in Gloucestershire, England.[10][11][12] She later married Nate Lowman, and gave birth to a son named Wallace in July 2017.[13][14]
She is the godmother of Fabiola Beracasa Beckman's child.[15]
Career
[edit]Chandler allegedly started her career as a DJ[16][17] but apparently used it to pursue her vocation as a photographer,[18][19] She lists her favourite photographers as Robert Mapplethorpe, Guy Bourdin and Irving Penn, and notes frequently watching the Nazisploitation film The Night Porter.[7]
She seemingly worked as a photographer at events including Vogue's 2011 galas for the Museum of Contemporary Art and Museum of Modern Art.[20][21] The MOCA event drew criticism for Marina Abramovic's exhibits.[22] Chandler had been a photographer at Abramovic's magnum opus "The Artist is Present" living portrait in 2010[23] and also worked with Abramovic's colleague Terence Koh multiple times.[24][25][26]
In 2012, Chandler photographed the Royal Family's Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and Prince Andrew attending the Royal Ascot.[27]
She served as a DJ at the Standard Hotel and The Beatrice Inn as well as private parties.[7][18][28] In 2014 she served as the DJ for the Art Production Fund's "White Gloves Gone Wild" gala.[29] She also served on the Studio Party Benefit Committee for the Whitney Museum.[30]
In November 2014, Chandler attended United Nations Foundation event in Support of Global Childhood Vaccines.[31]
In March 2016, Chandler helped produce the Balenciaga fashion show with Demna Gvsalia.[32][33]
In September 2016, Chandler and Walter Pearce launched a new modeling agency named Midland Modelling seeking a higher clientele for their models previously appearing for Eckhaus Latta and Hood by Air, while pursuing what she described as "a cultural shift in what it means to be beautiful".[18][1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Schneier, Matthew (16 December 2016). "When It Became Cool to be Cool". The New York Times.
- ↑ Hauptman, Michael; Kelly, Sasha (27 August 2020). "Voluminous Fashions for Dreamy Fall Nights". The New York Times.
- ↑ Schorr, Collier; Nazario, Carlos (17 September 2020). "Fall Fashion with Personality". The New York Times.
- ↑ Battan, Carrie (19 February 2018). "Eckhaus Latta's Fashion Models and "Nodels"". The New Yorker.
- ↑ "A New Generation of Casting Directors Putting Diversity First". May 2017.
- ↑ "These designers prove that fashion is bored of gender norms". 19 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Rachel Chandler Loves Her Belgian Loafers". 22 September 2009.
- ↑ "Rachel Chandler | SHOWstudio".
- ↑ "System Magazine".
- ↑ "Photos: Rachel Chandler Guinness Wedding". 4 June 2013.
- ↑ "Rachel Chandler's Scenic Route". 28 June 2013.
- ↑ "Rachel Getting Married: The Photographer Weds Tom Guinness in the English Countryside". 5 June 2013.
- ↑ "This Gorgeously Pregnant Model Just Proved Why a Bare Baby Bump Belongs on the Runway". 10 September 2017.
- ↑ "Nate Lowman's Art for Sale, Exhibitions & Biography".
- ↑ "Fabiola Beracasa and Jason Beckman's Wedding". 16 September 2014.
- ↑ "Lena Dunham, Just One of the Gang". 6 January 2009.
- ↑ "The Originals | Rachel Chandler". 19 March 2010.
- 1 2 3 "Rachel Chandler Biography | Emerald City Journal". 9 September 2019.
- ↑ Looking Back: How Midland Agency made their mark casting NY’s buzziest shows, 10/20/2017 by Irene Ojo-Felix
- ↑ "The Annual MOCA Gala in Los Angeles". 13 November 2011.
- ↑ "Photos: Volkswagen, MoMA and MoMA PS1 Celebratory Dinner". 24 May 2011.
- ↑ "Let Them Eat Cake". 16 November 2011.
- ↑ "Patrick McMullan".
- ↑ "Terence Koh's house. Photo Rachel Chandler - purple NIGHT". 29 May 2009.
- ↑ "Terence Koh, New York. Photo Rachel Chandler - purple DIARY". 4 January 2010.
- ↑ "Morning Links: Ilya Bolotowsky Edition". The New York Observer. 25 July 2012.
- ↑ "Take It from the Top: The Best Hats at the 2012 Royal Ascot Races". 21 June 2012.
- ↑ "This Year's Model: Me". The New York Times. 30 June 2010.
- ↑ "White Glove Gone Wild Gala".
- ↑ "2014 Studio Party".
- ↑ "Project Perpetual Inaugural Dinner & Auction Raises over $5.5 Million in Funds to Benefit the United Nations Foundation in Support of Global Childhood Vaccines". 10 November 2014.
- ↑ "Midland, the modeling agency rebooting fashion's beauty ideals".
- ↑ "Everything We Know About Rachel Chandler and Her Ties to Jeffrey Epstein". 19 August 2024.