Corinne Day British, 1962-2010

Corinne Day’s pictures are often as unembellished and authentic as snapshots. Always, they have a fragile, un-styled, poetic beauty that she has made all her own.” - Kate Bush

Corinne Day (February 19,1962 – August 28, 2010) was a British photographer whose influence on photography from the early 1990s onwards was profound. A self-taught artist, Day brought a natural documentary style to her fashion imagery, often blending autobiographical elements into her work. She developed relationships with many of her muses, musicians and the peer group she documented, resulting in candid and intimate portraits that captured the essence of that era.

Day’s first major published work, featuring the young Kate Moss for The Face magazine in 1990, helped define the ‘grunge’ aesthetic that became an international style. Her raw, documentary approach later sparked controversial accusations of promoting ‘heroin chic’ and driving Day to step away from working in the mainstream commercial industry, shifting her focus to personal artistic projects.

Corinne Day’s work has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum, Tate Modern, Saatchi Gallery, The Science Museum, The Design Museum, The Photographers' Gallery, Gimpel Fils Gallery and was also included in The Andy Warhol exhibition at the Whitney Museum, New York. 

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