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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Interviews by Alex Needham

‘She keeps us enthralled, like Bowie did’: the magic of Kate Moss, by her photographers

Kate Moss in 1990 by Kate Garner.
‘She’s deeply intelligent on a body level’ … Kate Moss in 1990 by Kate Garner. Photograph: Kate Garner/Zebra One Gallery

Fashion icon, artist’s muse, queen of rock’n’roll … for more than 30 years, Kate Moss has been at the cutting edge. In her first landmark photoshoot with the late Corinne Day, the then teenage model embodied the blissed-out spirit and optimism of the early 90s. Since then, she’s been painted by Lucian Freud, sculpted by Marc Quinn, sung about by her ex Pete Doherty, and even rapped about by Playboi Carti and Kanye West. So what makes the Croydon beauty such an object of fascination? As she turns 50, five photographers who have taken classic images of the model share their thoughts.

‘I wanted a pure version of Kate with no distractions’

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