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Corinne Day, Discoverer of Kate Moss, Has Passed Away

August 30, 2010 by POPSUGAR Fashion News

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>> Corinne Day, the photographer who was credited with discovering Kate Moss — together they produced Day's most famous photo set, of 16-year-old Kate in black and white for The Face — passed away on Saturday at 45, after struggling with brain cancer, Vogue.it reports.

Day's raw, documentary-like style made her among the first photographers to react against the glossy images of the '80s, and she often collaborated with Moss — when Day captured Kate in her own flat for a 1993 cover of British Vogue, the image became associated with defining the waif look of the '90s.

Day has been suffering from cancer for the past decade, and last August, her friends, including Moss, organized a limited edition auction to raise money for further treatment. The treatment was reportedly unsuccessful, and as of February, Day's friends have been in talks with the Victoria & Albert Museum in London about doing a retrospective of her work.

A gallery of Day's images over the years, below.

Natasha Poly in "California Girl," Vogue UK April 2005

Kate Moss in "The Third Summer of Love," The Face July 1990

Carmen Kass in "Jamaique Safari", Vogue Paris June/July 2011

Cato van Ee in "Pretty in Punk," Vogue China Sept. 2008

Kate Moss in "24-Carat Kate," Vogue UK Dec. 2000

Rosemary Ferguson in Miu Miu Spring 1994

Gemma Ward in "Summer Loving," Vogue UK July 2006

Kirsten Owen in Emanuel Ungaro couture supplement, Vogue Italia Sept. 2001

Delfine Bafort in "Hidden Treasures," Vogue UK April 2002

Meghan Collison in "Seaside Rendezvous," Vogue China May 2008

Liya Kebede in "Porque te vas?" Vogue Paris May 2002

Kate Moss in "Freedom Child," Vogue UK Feb. 2002

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