A Life Immersed in Glamour: The World of Francesco Scavullo Francesco Scavullo, born in New York City in 1921 and passing away in 2004, wasn’t merely a fashion photographer; he was an architect of image, a chronicler of celebrity, and a defining force in the visual language of glamour for much of the late 20th century. His journey began not behind a lens, but with a childhood fascination for drawing and painting, nurtured by his Italian immigrant parents. This early artistic inclination would subtly inform his later photographic work, imbuing it with a painterly sensibility often absent in m…