Kate Moss, The Ultimate Model

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The images for Kate Moss’ A/W 09 Collection for Topshop came out today. The more years that go by the more amazed I am by Kate Moss. If you aren’t sure of her talent just go look through the last couple days of posts on this site alone. Her ability to produce such amazing images in so many different styles is truly unique. Being a photographer I am usually biased about the level of ones input in a project. However, there are certain talents that come along that completely shift the balance. Marilyn Monroe is the greatest example of this. I am thoroughly convinced that she created all those great photos and the photographer merely recorded it. If you go back and read interviews from photographers that photographed Monroe they all share this belief that she had completely fallen for their greatness and they made her a star. However there is no doubt in my mind that through the years she used them more than they used her, at least as the images is concerned. I believe the same goes with Moss. She is more than a pretty face or a good model, she is a talent that controls the image and dictates its outcome. Credit still has to be given to everyone involved, photographer, stylist, etc. of course. However those factors come and go while Moss still remains a constant in a catalogue of great photographs.