Corinne Day

 Corinne Day (1965-2010) was an influential photographer who pushed the style known as grunge and gave a hard edged documentary look into fashion photography.  She was a self taught photographer who was known to grow long and close relaitonships with many of her models, including Kate Moss.  She became a highly sought photographer, regularly commissioned by British, Italian and Japanese Vogue, often incorporating biographical material/concepts into her shoots. Her work has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum, Tate Modern, Saatchi Gallery, The Science Museum, The design Museum, Photographers Gallery, Gimpel Fils London and included in The Andy Warhol exhibition at the Whitney Museum NY.  Unfortunately, Corinne Day passed away on Friday 27th August at 4pm peacefully at home, after a long illness.

I was interested by Corinne Day's interesting take on women's bodies.  Many images cause the model's body to appear extremely large in comparison to the set, distorted, or broken, yet the image is still beautiful. Her works display a wide range of style, between her crisp studio shots and the soft glow of the Summer days series.