Corinne Day British, 1962-2010
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Corinne DayKate Moss (National Portrait Gallery commission), 2007Archival pigment print133 x 115 cm (52 1/4 x 45 1/4 in.)Edition 5 of 10 + 2 H/C’s
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Corinne DayKate with Coconuts Borneo, 1991Archival pigment print70 x 50 cm (27 9/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
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Corinne DayTania colouring her hair, 1995Archival pigment printAvailable in two sizes:
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
Edition 4 of 7 + 2 H/C’s
100 x 150 cm (39 3/8 x 59 1/16 in.)
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Corinne DayJesus is a cunt, 2001Archival pigment print57 x 70 cm (22 7/16 x 27 9/16 in.)
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Corinne DayKate in baggy jumper, 1991Archival pigment print70 x 57 cm (27 9/16 x 22 7/16 in.)Edition 1 of 10 + 2 H/C’s
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Corinne DayBen Grimes backstage at the Lido Paris, 2003Archival pigment printAvailable in two sizes:
57 x 70 cm (22 7/16 x 27 9/16 in.)
Edition 1 of 10 + 2 H/C’s
122,14 x 150 (48 3/32 x 59 1/16 in.)
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Corinne DayKate in black dress, 1993Archival pigment print70 x 57 cm (27 9/16 x 22 7/16 in.)Edition 1 of 10 + 2 H/C’s
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Corinne DayRose & George on the sofa, 1993Archival pigment print55 x 70 cm (21 21/32 x 27 9/16 in.)Edition 1 of 10 + 2 H/C’s
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Corinne DayLift your skinny fists, 1991Archival pigment print70 x 55 cm (27 9/16 x 21 21/32 in.)Edition 1 of 10 + 2 H/C’s
Corinne Day (Feb 19 1962 - Aug 28 2010) was a British photographer whose influence on the style and perception of photography in the early 1990s and onwards has been immense.
Self taught, Day brought a more documentary look to fashion imagery, in which she often included autobiographical elements. She was known for forming long and close relationships with many of her muses including Kate Moss, Rosemary Ferguson, George Clements, Georgina Cooper, Sarah Murray, Tanya Court, and Tara St Hill, a way of working which resulted in candid and intimate portraits. Her first published work was for The Face magazine in 1990 - photographs of Kate Moss in an editorial titled the '3rd Summer of Love'. Day's approach to fashion photography in the 90s, came to be known as 'grunge' and grew into an international style.
In 1993 Day was commissioned by British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman to photograph Kate Moss and her other sitters for the March issue cover shoot and main fashion story. The shoot and cover of Kate was met with huge praise. Later that year Day was commissioned for an intended lingerie fashion shoot for British Vogue that took place in Kate Moss's own flat in West London. The images appeared to have a documentary feel about them and when published caused a media scandal, with the world's press claiming the images to be 'hideous and exploitative', labeling them as 'child pornography' and 'heroin chic'.
Retreating from fashion work in the wake of the 'heroin chic' debate, Day spent much of her personal time over the next seven years taking photographs for her first book, 'Diary', a personal visual record of her life and friends, including Tara St Hill and the band, Pusherman with whom she toured America. The book is by turns both bleak and frank, but it is also a tender, poetic and honest chronicle of young lives.
Kruse Verlag published 'Diary' in 2000. This body of work was exhibited at The Photographers' Gallery in London in the same year.
In November 1996 at the Bellevue Hospital in New York, Day was diagnosed with a slow-growing, Grade Two brain tumour called an Oligo Astrocytoma, after which she returned to London for brain surgery at the Whitechapel Hospital in December. The surgeon and oncologist gave her a prognosis of 8 years left to live, however Day outlived this prognosis by more than six years.
Following her illness, Day returned to fashion photography and was regularly commissioned by British, Italian and Japanese Vogue amongst many others. Her work has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum, Tate Modern, Saatchi Gallery, The Science Museum, The Design Museum, The Photographers' Gallery, Gimpel Fils Gallery and was also included in The Andy Warhol exhibition at the Whitney Museum, New York.
Corinne Day sadly passed away in August 2010. It is now thought that her disciplined following of alternative treatments and good nutrition after her surgery, with the aid of her husband Mark Szaszy, helped to extend her life.
Day's second book titled 'May The Circle Remain Unbroken' featured unseen work documented over a 20 year period and was published in 2013 by Morel Books.
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Corinne Day Diary
Corinne Day 2000Hardcover, 116 pagesRead more
Publisher: Kruse Verlag
ISBN: 3934923011
Dimensions: 28.8 x 23.3 cm (11 11/32 x 9 11/64 in.) -
May the Circle Remain Unbroken
Corinne Day 2013Hardcover, 160 pagesRead more
Publisher: Mörel
ISBN: 1907071334
Dimensions: 30 x 25,4cm (11 13/16 x 10 in.)
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picture perfect
Sunday Times Magazine , September 26, 2010 -
The Define Yourself Issue
i-D, September 4, 2010 -
when fashion got real
LESLEY DOWNER, The Wall Street Journal, November 24, 2000 -
i'm a photography junkie
Sheryl Garratt, The Observer Review, September 3, 2000 -
What Katy did
Robin Muir, The Independent, February 22, 1997 -
Heroin chic? Just say no
The Face, May 4, 1995 -
Corinne's new day
Richard Pandiscio, Interview, January 10, 1993 -
The secrets of eternal Yoof
Geraldine Bedell, The Independnent, March 3, 1991