French-American photographer and filmmaker Lucca Dahan-Fletcher has photographed some of the most notable names in film. Having studied photography and cinema at UCLA under the teaching of Catherine Opie and Barbara Kruger, he quickly became engulfed in Hollywood’s cinematic universe. Working on set for the likes of David O Russell and Wes Anderson, Dahan-Fletcher took the opportunity to perfect his portraiture on the likes of David Fincher, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Léa Seydoux and Michael Fassbender. A lover of craft, the photographer’s portraits capture his subjects as their most candid selves, despite whatever character they may be trying on for size that day.

Name: Lucca Dahan-Fletcher

Age: 33

Location: Los Angeles and Paris

Camera of choice: Yashica T4 or Mamiya 7… don’t make me choose, please.

Preferred subject: People.

Favourite time of the day to shoot: In the morning.

Most recent photo you took: On film? My friend Connor Moon making dinner in my kitchen. On my phone? Me in the mirror at my office with papers all over my desk.

How you first became interested in photography: I got a 35mm Nikon for Christmas when I was thirteen and I just started shooting A LOT. I couldn’t put it down. It cost me a lot of money as a teen – ha.

Biggest influence: Cinema. Brian De Palma, Bogdanovich, Alfonso Cuarón, Iñárritu… I could go on.

Favourite photography series/book: There’s a talented Italian portrait photographer who made a series of abandoned tennis courts, 3 volumes. Giasco Bertoli.

Current project/s: My current projects fluctuate between my portrait photography work and producing film and television projects. I plan on doing a summer series of portraits in the South of France and Spain and also have a couple of scripts that are in development that I’m very excited about.

Check out Lucca on Instagram here.