Text in English, French, German, and Spanish. This book is Mario's personal homage to his greatest muse: a young girl who captured his heart and eye with her beauty, humor and spirit, and whose image in his photographs has captured imaginations the world over.
Many photographs have been chosen from Testino's private archive and are published here for the first time. The result of two decades of extraordinary friendship, and phenomenal glamour, this iconic collboration is an intimate insight into the lives and minds of two of the world's definitive style leaders.įollow the journey of one of fashion's most extraordinary friendships, from early days backstage at the shows to behind-the-scenes glimpses of the ground-breaking editorials they continue to produce for the world's most respected magazines. Kate shows the intimate portraits photographer Mario Sorrenti captured of this then-girlfriend Kate Moss prior to her superstardom.Mario Testino is recognised as the ultimate fashion photographer of his generation but his pictures of Kate Moss trancend fashion. A special limited edition with a signed photograph by the photographer is also available.
Kate is a stunning portfolio presented in a clamshell box cover, complete with an introductory essay by Sorrenti. Whether on vacation or lounging in bed, Sorrenti captured every moment of this pivotal moment in Kate's life. It’s very hard to say, the Naples-born fashion photographer writes, over an email exchange. Across 50 tritone photographs, readers have a never before seen glimpse into Moss's early life. When I ask Mario Sorrenti what his favourite image of Kate Moss might be, he finds it impossible to choose from the hundreds he has taken throughout the 25 years they have known one another. His new book Kate, published by Phaidon, is a loving look at his time with the young supermodel. Sorrenti went on to have a successful career and is known for his work in Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and W magazine. It was these images that would inspire Calvin Klein's 1993 Obesssion campaign, which the two worked on together.Īs often happens, young love eventually faded and the couple split. Mario Testinos Portraits of Kate Moss and Madonna from His. He would then cut out his favorites and glue them to the inside of his diary. Sorrenti recalls being so poor that he couldn't afford to develop single prints, so instead printed contact sheets. Moss was his muse, and his candid photographs show the relaxed intimacy of a young couple in love. Moss was still living with her parents and Sorrenti was couch surfing, but they spent every spare moment together and Sorrenti was photographing everything along the way. This led to two years together, as the young creatives moved into adulthood. “I remember sitting next to her and feeling like my heart was going to stop her beauty overwhelmed me,” he recalls. It was the summer of 1991 and they'd met on a modeling job in London.
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