Luis Venegas

Luis Venegas
Portrait of Luis Venegas
Born	(1979-03-13) March 13, 1979 (age 38) Vitoria, Spain
Occupation	Creative Director, editor, publisher

Luis Venegas (born March 13, 1979) is the Spanish editor and publisher of three independent, limited edition magazines based in Spain: Fanzine137, EY! Magateen and Candy. He is also a Creative director who has worked for luxury brands such as Loewe, Acne, Carolina Herrera and American Apparel, and as a freelance contributor for publications such as GQ Style UK, Acne Paper, V Magazine, Butt, SSAW and Oyster.

After studying fashion design in Barcelona, Luis Venegas moved to Paris in December 1996 to work as an intern for Thierry Mugler for seven months. In 1999 he moved to Madrid to work for Spanish fashion designer Sybilla as Creative Director of Communications until 2005, followed by a brief period of nine months as Art Director for the Spanish edition of Marie Claire.

In 2004 the first issue of Fanzine137 was born, with a limited edition run of 1,137 copies. The magazine is a collection of Luis Venegas’ objects of attraction at the specific time of publication. Each issue includes a Wanted list with a dream list of contributors with whom Venegas would like to work.

Every issue is different from each other: size, theme, materials, layout and graphic design changes.

The list of contributors of Fanzine137 has included Steven Klein, Terry Richardson, Alasdair McLellan, Ryan McGinley, Christian Lacroix, Javier Vallhonrat, Tom Ford, Rodarte, Richard Prince, Tim Walker, Larry Clark, Gus Van Sant, plus interviews with Linda Evangelista, Bruce Weber, Juergen Teller, Carolina Herrera, Joe McKenna, Grace Coddington and Oliver Zahm among others. It has also posthumously presented portfolios by photographers such as Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts and Francesco Scavullo.