Todd Cole is a director and photographer living and working in Los Angeles, California. His short film Aanteni for clothing label Rodarte was hugely successful and voted as one of the ten best fashion films of 2010 by W magazine, as well as one of the top three fashion films of 2010 by online publication The Business of Fashion. His second film for Rodarte, The Curve of Forgotten Things featured Elle Fanning and was too a critical success. Both Rodarte films are now traveling to museums in Europe in the exhibition Out of Fashion, as well as screening various international film festivals.
His photographs have appeared in international magazines including i-D, Purple, Self Service, POP, 032C, New York Times T Magazine, Vogue, The Fader, Art Review, The Journal, and Vogue Homme International. His photographs and films have been exhibited in Los Angeles, Paris, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands and in Mexico City.
He is currently shooting another film for Rodarte, as well as completing a book of new personal work to be published by AndPress.
Exhibitions
Solo
‘I’m Yours to Keep’ Brachfeld Paris Gallery, Paris, France September 2009
‘Bungled’ Monclova Gallery, Mexico City August – September 2005
‘Minimum Visual Impact Structures’ Colette Gallery Paris France - April 2003
Group
‘Out of Fashion’ NAiM / Bureau Europa Maastricht Edition May 2011
‘Out of Fashion’ 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam January - February 2011
‘Secrets’ Space 1520 Los Angeles October 2010
‘The Show on Vegas’ M+B Gallery Los Angeles June 28 – August 2007
‘Confessions of a Graphic Designer’ Reg Vardy Gallery. School of Arts, Design Media & Culture, University of Sunderland. 2005
Articles and Reviews
2011 W Magazine The Top Ten fashion films of 2010
2010 The Business of Fashion Fashion 2.0 | Top 10 Fashion Films of the Season
2010 Interview Magazine Nowhere to Hide: Todd Cole Films Rodarte 2009 032c “17th Issue – Mike Mills” Summer 2009
2008-2009 Purple Fashion 10 “Ed Ruscha” Fall Winter 2008-2009
2008 Paris-LA, Issue 1, November 2008
2006 Purple Fashion 10 “Villa La Cañada” Spring Summer 2006
2005 The Journal, New York The Photo Issue curated by Aaron Rose Flash Art, New York
2004 i-D Magazine, London The Location Issue Liberation, Paris France July BIG Magazine, The Paris Issue
2003 Vogue Hommes International, Paris France Spring/Summer 03 Dazed and Confused, London, The LA Issue BIG Magazine, New York, The LA Issue
2002 i-D Magazine, London, The Landscape issue