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"Mario Sorrenti's photographs of his former girlfriend prove that
intimacy can't be faked... Tender, photographs."―Esquire
"These photos show the (largely naked) 17 year-old before her
[Kate Moss] flawless face became as famous as the Mona Lisa's:
hanging up a bikini on a makeshift washing line, or swimming in a
natural pool, her unmade-up beauty mirroring the wildness of the
desert island setting. There's an intimacy and authenticity which
sets these images apart from the usual commercial seduction
between model and consumer."―Financial Times
"Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Carolyn Bessette and John F.
Kennedy Jr. Jennifer and Brad. Justin and Britney. Though there
are quite a few couples from yesteryear that history cannot help
but mourn, perhaps none are more editorially ironic nor on better
terms than Kate Moss and Mario Sorrenti... Kate features a rare
50-image series of never-before-published photographs taken just
before Moss' rise to fame. Vulnerable and impossible to look away
from, the photos, which were edited by Sorrenti with Dennis
Freedman, show a 17-year-old, softer side of the waif-thin star
the fashion world has been enumerated with for decades... Placed
inside a clamshell box cover, Kate is truly an
obsession."―Elle.com/uk
"The year is 1993; the hot movies are Jurassic Park and Groundhog
Day while the pop charts are buzzing with debut album releases by
newcomers Bjork, Radiohead and Suede... and Kate Moss, from
Croydon, England, on the brink of attaining bonafide supermodel
status, is just 19 years old... Here's Kate a, Kate playing
on her Nintendo Gameboy, Kate showering, reading, smoking, and
wearing her boyfriend's Y-fronts. She's make-up free, un-coiffed
and happily, casually naked or half dressed, in pretty much every
frame. Surroundings are idyllic and modest, actions unguarded,
sweet and endearing... [Sorrenti's] pictures - all dreamy,
Penn-ish black and white, all apparently spontaneous and
to the point of voyeuristic intrusion - capture the magic
intensity of a young man and woman in love. Every delicate
picture evokes a tacit sense of playful trust between
photographer and subject. You feel like you are playing
gooseberry just by looking at them. Who but Kate Moss can make
the act of pegging clothing to a washing line - completely
starkers, naturally - look like a fashion moment?"―Wallpaper.com
"Kate Moss's influence on fashion goes without saying. We're all
familiar with her runway appearances and campaigns - but her
pre-stardom self is something we don't get to see often... Moss
became Sorrenti's muse and the pair spent their two-year
relationship travelling and collaborating on images, that now
offer ins on their lives
together."―DazedDigital.com
"Kate Moss as never seen before... vulnerable and impossible to
look away from... Kate is truly an obsession."―CR Fashion Book
"An in into one the world's most well known faces
before she was famous... like being granted access to the
supermodel's private diary... Beautiful black and white images
capture her during rare moments of unguarded intimacy, in bed or
naked on the beach, before she became one of the world's most
recognizable faces... We all remember our first love, but unlike
Moss and Sorrenti, all we have to show for it are a few love
letters and happy memories. Kate is a dream-like reminder of
those heady feelings, and a celebration of the beginning of a
contemporary career. It's the book your coffee table was made
for."―Stylist
"Beautiful."―Evening Standard, ES magazine
"An important piece of fashion history: it captures Moss – on the
brink of supermodel stardom – enraptured by her first love and
brimming with all the anticipation of a deer about to take a leap
into the unknown or, in Moss's case, the extraordinary.... "You
know, it's funny – a lot of people talk about Kate as my muse,"
[Sorrenti] says. "But really for us we were just boyfriend and
girlfriend – and now friends – taking pictures.""―Vogue.co.uk
From the Back Cover
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, never-before-published photographs taken just
before Kate Moss's rise to fame, in one elegant volume
About the Author
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Mario Sorrenti is an Italian photographer and director. He has
published his work extensively in fashion magazines, including
Vogue, i-D, W Magazine and Harper's Bazaar, and has had
exhibitions in London, Paris, Monaco, and New York. He for
brands including Calvin Klein, Dior, Lancôme, Paco Rabanne, and
Benetton, among others.