Nostalgia for the ’90s and celebration of one of its documenters rears its head in London this September, with the opening of Corrine Day: The Face.
The Face is an exhibition of photographs by noted the fashion and portrait photographer Corrine Day, who died last August after battling cancer.
But that’s not all, Corrine will also be remembered this fall in Heaven Is Real published by Morel Books and in a screening of Corrine Day: Diary 2002 at Whitechapel Gallery in London.
PHOTOS: Photographer Corrine Day Has Died
The exhibitions and celebrations kick off at Gimpel Fils gallery in London and coincides with the resurgence of Grunge, all things ’90s and that waif superstar Kate Moss, of which Day should be given credit for introduction and documentation. Day discovered Moss and photographed the anti-fashion movement that defined the genre and sensibilities at the time.
British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman had this to say about Corrine after her death last year:
“Corinne was a photographer of huge talent and integrity. Her work for British Vogue was entirely original and will always be remembered. She could capture raw beauty like few others.”
A Google search and stroll through eBay for back issues of The Face magazine will show how great a photographer Day was, but we highly recommend a trek to London to catch these exhibitions.
Day’s photographs are in the gallery above.
Above: Corinne Day portrait by Mark Szaszy, Japan 1987 © Estate of Corinne Day, Courtesy Gimpel Fils, London. Exhibition will run from September 1-October 1, 2011.
