I'm afraid I have to laugh a little at your expense, JK. It is rather funny - here you are, this aspiring fashion photographer saying always "someday I'll shoot fashion..." and here this 21 year old gains some fame, who knows, maybe some money too (people always assume that $$$ comes with publishing a book...seeing as I have known an artist or two who has had a book published, well, I have a different perspective..) anyway, this woman gains some fame and fortune, and you, a fashion photographer wannabe, think she's superficial, that it's only her 15 minutes...(posted 8735 days ago)Pardon me, but isn't fashion photography, by definition, superficial? I mean, it is %100 about "look" about "buzz" about "sensation" about -- in a word -- "fashion."
Hell, I'd do it with Natasha and let her photograph me in the act ... I may have my standards, but then I also have my apetites. I don't think it's great photoghraphy, I don't think its art -- but I admire her panache anyway. Even though as far as her "art" goes, Nan Goldin did it first and better, I'd rather look at her pictures than Geddes or wegman or Maisel anyday if only to admire her "talents."