Luis Venegas
Luis Venegas is the Spanish editor and publisher of five independent, limited edition magazines: Fanzine137, EY! Magateen, Candy, The Printed Dog and EY! Boy. He is also a Creative director who has worked with luxury brands such as Loewe, Acne, Carolina Herrera and J.W.Anderson.
Early career
Luis' career started in Paris in 1996 when working as a designer for Thierry Mugler. In 1999 he moved to Madrid to work for Spanish fashion designer Sybilla as Creative Director of Communications until 2005.''Fanzine137''
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.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.
| Issue | Date | Title |
| 1.137 | September 2004 | Anything Goes |
| 3.137 | May 2005 | Corps Et Âme |
| 5.137 | May 2006 | Heartbeats Accelerating |
| 7.137 | October 2006 | The Sweet & Subtle Issue |
| 9.137 | April 2007 | Unforgettable Faces |
| 11.137 | November 2007 | We Are The World |
| 13.137 | June 2008 | Ladies & Gentlemen |
| 15.137 | March 2009 | Ladies & Gentlemen |
| 17.137 | May 2011 | The Black & White Issue |
''EY! Magateen''
Venegas launched his second magazine, EY! Magateen in Spring 2008. Originally the magazine was called Electric Youth!. The title of the magazine makes homage to Debbie Gibson’s 1989 song Electric Youth, taken from the album with the same name.EY! Magateen addresses the energy, power and vitality of young males, most of them aged between 16 and 21 years old. Each new issue is about a specific country or a city and is limited to just 1000 copies. The group of young people on display in EY! Magateen is a mix of handsome unknowns: mostly models, emerging artists, actors and athletes. The magazine features quirky comments and suggestive nudity.
Issues 6, 7 and 8 featured collaborations with American Apparel.
| Issue | Date | Title |
| 1 | Spring 2008 | Spain by Daniel Riera |
| 2 | Fall 2008 | United Kingdom by Alasdair McLellan |
| 3 | Winter 2008-2009 | USA West Coast by Doug Inglish |
| 4 | Spring-Summer 2009 | Argenteena by Steven Klein |
| 5 | Winter 2009-2010 | Germany by Kira Bunse |
| 6 | Summer 2010 | New Kids On The World |
| 7 | Summer 2011 | Brazil by Marcelo Krasilcic |
| 8 | Summer 2012 | Spain by Xevi Muntané |
| 9 | Spring 2014 | New York by Steven Klein |
''Candy''
Venegas’ third magazine, Candy was launched in October 2009. According to its slogan it is The First Transversal Style Magazine. Following the tradition of his other two magazines, Candy has an exclusive limited edition run of 1500 copies. It is a fashion and art magazine completely dedicated to celebrating transvestism, transsexuality, cross dressing and androgyny. The title of the magazine makes homage to Candy Darling.Unlike other publications related to the LGBT community, which generally advocate for rights form a political standpoint, Candy stands out as a celebration of this lifestyle. For Venegas, “Candy isn’t about rights, but I do think the fact it exists helps.” In an interview with The New York Times, Venegas made his statement clear:
Photographers like Bruce Weber, Terry Richardson, Steven Klein, Tim Walker, David Armstrong, Ellen von Unwerth, Ryan McGinley, Walter Pfeiffer, Juan Gatti, Daniel Riera or Danielle Levitt and writers like Tim Blanks, Derek Blasberg or Hilton Als -among others- are regular contributors.
For the launch of the second issue, Venegas collaborated with Swedish design house , creating a limited run of unisex blouses named after characters from the American soap opera, Dynasty.
| Issue | Date | Cover |
| 1 | Winter 2009-2010 | Luke Worral photographed by Brett Lloyd |
| 2 | Winter 2010-2011 | James Franco photographed by Terry Richardson |
| 3 | Winter 2011-2012 | Chlöe Sevigny photographed by Terry Richardson |
| 4 | Summer 2012 | Tilda Swinton photographed by Xevi Muntané |
| 5 | Winter 2012-2013 | Connie Fleming photographed by Danielle Levitt |
| 6 | Summer 2013 | Jared Leto photographed by Terry Richardson |
| 7 | Winter 2013-2014 | Lady Gaga and Marilyn Manson photographed by Steven Klein |
Other Projects
Invited by Christian Lacroix in 2008 he was a judge for the prestigious photography festival Rencontres d’Arles alongside Elisabeth Biondi, Caroline Issa & Masoud Golsorkhi, Nathalie Ours and Carla Sozzani.As a Creative Director in Spring 2012 he directed a video for the launch of Loewe’s Oro Collection which became popular and highly controversial in Spain. As a result, the collection sold out and it turned out to be the best seller of the year for the LVMH's Spanish brand.
In 2013 he took part as a panelist for a Fashion Seminar in Helsinki curated by Daniel Thawley in which also participated Marc Ascoli, Michel Gaubert, Jonathan Anderson, Benjamin Bruno and Karen van Godtsenhoven held at the Aalto University.
Venegas has also DJ’d in various venues around the world including Plastic in Milan, George & Dragon and Bistrotheque in London, Razzmatazz in Barcelona, Kaiku in Helsinki and at the Boom Boom Room in New York City.
He occasionally is a professor in Madrid and Barcelona.