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September 1, 2010 3:03 AM Subscribe
Photographer Corrine Day has died. She is probably best known for nurturing the early career of Kate Moss [nsfw].
A former model (like many other female photographers, such as Ellen von Unwerth, and even Lee Miller), Corrine Day's past was troubled, if her own assertions are anything to go by. Responsible in part for the waif/herion chic fashion look of the early 90s, after the health scare of her brain tumour (documented in the book 'Diary') her work took a more opulent, and some would say conventional turn.
A former model (like many other female photographers, such as Ellen von Unwerth, and even Lee Miller), Corrine Day's past was troubled, if her own assertions are anything to go by. Responsible in part for the waif/herion chic fashion look of the early 90s, after the health scare of her brain tumour (documented in the book 'Diary') her work took a more opulent, and some would say conventional turn.
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Overall, this stuff just really doesn't move me much, although I must say there are a few really fine photographs here and there in the linked galleries. But that junkie chic vibe, that skinny rich girls lying around on stained couches thing... I thought it was tired when it was brand new, and it's even tireder now.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:58 AM on September 1, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:58 AM on September 1, 2010 [1 favorite]
I remember that issue of the Face quite well, I had it. The beach shots of Kate were so different at the time. both the style of the photo and Kate stuck out. I recall seeing even more of these beach shots in a later issue, they were great.
posted by dabitch at 5:00 AM on September 1, 2010
posted by dabitch at 5:00 AM on September 1, 2010
The photos in the link "the early carreer of Kate Moss", inklude a photo of then 15 year old Kate Moss topless. I don't think this would have been published anywhere today. NSFW?
posted by iviken at 5:38 AM on September 1, 2010
posted by iviken at 5:38 AM on September 1, 2010
Perhaps a mod can add one, Kate is only 15 at the time those photos were taken. People in the US have been accused of pedophilia for camping photos.
posted by dabitch at 5:39 AM on September 1, 2010
posted by dabitch at 5:39 AM on September 1, 2010
Kate Moss camping photos. (NSFW, of course.)
posted by pracowity at 5:47 AM on September 1, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by pracowity at 5:47 AM on September 1, 2010 [1 favorite]
I worshipped The Face in junior high.
I used to write for The Face, back in those early 90's days. I bet I've still got those old Kate Moss copies lying around somewhere.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 6:06 AM on September 1, 2010
I used to write for The Face, back in those early 90's days. I bet I've still got those old Kate Moss copies lying around somewhere.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 6:06 AM on September 1, 2010
Heh. I went to that Stone Roses at Spike Island gig as well. I bet day that was the most fun Runcorn's ever seen in it's whole beleaguered existance.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 6:08 AM on September 1, 2010
posted by PeterMcDermott at 6:08 AM on September 1, 2010
Not all of us think that, but the US justice system has unfortunately made it clear they see otherwise much of the time.
posted by Stunt at 9:00 AM on September 1, 2010
posted by Stunt at 9:00 AM on September 1, 2010
I really think that Day's work with Moss, ended the Glamazons of the late 80s and early 90s--she is the reason why there are no supermodels anymore, and her awareness of Moss as such a figure allowed for problematic notions of androgyny and gender queering to emerge again in the discourse.
Her work might be as impt as the New Look for dior in the 50s or YSL in the 70s.
posted by PinkMoose at 10:12 AM on September 1, 2010
Her work might be as impt as the New Look for dior in the 50s or YSL in the 70s.
posted by PinkMoose at 10:12 AM on September 1, 2010
The future may prove you right, PinkMoose. Kate's appearance on the scene shook the supermodelworld. She was connected to the main muses, for example, in this vauxhall supermodel commercial, but so different to Linda, Naomi, Tatjana that she sticks out like a sore thumb and is used as comedic relief.
posted by dabitch at 11:05 AM on September 1, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by dabitch at 11:05 AM on September 1, 2010 [1 favorite]
Not all of us think that, but the US justice system has unfortunately made it clear they see otherwise much of the time.
Fortunately that's only a few percent of the world's population.
posted by rodgerd at 11:48 AM on September 1, 2010
Fortunately that's only a few percent of the world's population.
posted by rodgerd at 11:48 AM on September 1, 2010
The book Imperfect Beauty: The Making of Contemporary Fashion Photographs, has a 2 page bio and a few of Day's photos.
I never thought too much about the commercial aspect of photography, I was having too much of a good time - Corrine Day
posted by Lanark at 1:37 PM on September 1, 2010
I never thought too much about the commercial aspect of photography, I was having too much of a good time - Corrine Day
posted by Lanark at 1:37 PM on September 1, 2010
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