The Surrey Hotel. Paul Goldfinger photo. Click to enlarge
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor@Blogfinger.net.
Kate Moss is a famous model whose portrait greets guests near the elevators at the upscale hotel “Surrey” on East 76th Street. Chuck Close, the photographer, is known for his unflinching photos of celebrities.
Kate Moss didn’t mind that she would be without her facial protective armor–her makeup. She said that she has had enough pretty pictures over the years.
She also posed naked for him, but not in the Surrey’s lobby.
I’m not a big fan of portraits because they are overrated as to what they reveal about the subjects, but this portrait of her face in your face has a powerful impact, not only physically, but knowing that one of the most beautiful women in the world would permit this image to be shown this way certainly says something about her.
I have never photographed a nude. Why? Never had the opportunity. Helmut Newton was famous for his highly erotic black and white photographs of long legged nudes. His wife was present at every shoot.
Edward Weston, however, an American fine art photographer, was famous for sleeping with all his models, some of which were women while others were peppers.
Weston’s hand-made prints now sell for over $100,000 each.
—Paul Goldfinger, editor @Blogfinger
JOE WILLIAMS
Reblogged this on Blogfinger and commented:
That face! It’s worth repeating. Re-post from 2016.
If you return to the Surrey at 2 am you might find Kate’s image rather startling, but usually she is quite wonderful, even without makeup. —Paul @Blogfinger