Appropriation and/or Doctorin' the Moss (redux)

Will it ever end? We think not. Therefore, let us observe and slow down in order to consider the "news" from, amongst many worthy sources, a recent edition of the NYPost:

Hefner sues blog over Kate Moss Playboy pictures

By Rich Calder

May 22, 2014 | 11:57am

Hugh Hefner sued Black Book for recreating images from Kate Moss' Playboy spread. Photo: AP; Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for Playboy

Hugh Hefner won’t share Kate Moss without a fight.
Playboy Enterprises International on Wednesday slapped operators of the culture blog Black Book with a copyright suit in Manhattan federal court, alleging the blog reproduced images of the supermodel without consent.
The pictures used were art of Moss’ cover spread in Playboy’s 60th-anniversary special in December. (The apparent post in question appears to have since been taken down.)
The suit says Manhattan-based blog operator McCarthy LCC’s (sic) use of the photos was for “commercial” purposes, since it posts ads on the website.
Playboy wants $150,000 for each “infringed work.”
The suit comes four months after Playboy sued publishing giant Hearst, claiming its Harper’s Bazaar website reproduced some of Moss’ photos without permission.
Reps for McCarthy LLC could not be reached for comment.

I don't know why Rich just didn't ask iskm for comment!?!
"We here at www.ishotkatemoss.com will fight to gloriously share kate with you all. Unfortunately, due to the lack of advertising $s generated by this blog, oh and all of that 'fair use' stuff, we don't like our chances of being served a summons. That being said, we would like to offer iskm's service to Alas & Piggott (the generators of the original images in question), Playboy Enterprises International, McCarthy LLC and all of the readers of the NYPost,  in order to sue Mr. Calder for misleading and deceptive conduct. Specifically, we will work on your behalf against his false claim that said source pictures are in fact 'art'." 

Dear Hugh, Playboy Enterprises International and the good people at MCCarthy LLC, 

Can't we all just get along and share? There is enough kate to go around for all of us.

 Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

www.ishotkatemoss.com

Photographer Series #8: saulshotkatemoss

You’re lying on a psychiatrist's couch. As you tilt your head back, what do you see? Freud? Your mother? A rorschach like Matthu’s? The www.ishotkatemoss.com collage? Maybe just kate? I mean, she is everywhere and has infiltrated all other aspects of our consciousness, so why not? 

Columbus Circle, 2006 from Initial Intake

When faced with such a question, there is only one person to turn to, Saul Robbins. While Saul has exhibited and has published widely, he is best known for the series Initial Intake, which examined the empty chairs of Manhattan-based psychotherapy professionals from their clients’ perspective, referencing viewers perceptions, associations, and responses to this particular environment and the work that takes place there. In 2012, Robbins created How Can I Help? - An Artful Dialogue, inviting passersby to speak with himself and other artists about anything they wished, for free and in complete confidence, in a pop-up office/exhibition environment in Midtown Manhattan. Saul's immediate family is made up of psychotherapists and he has stated that "this work stems from the belief that long-term challenges can be resolved by examining patterns in personal and familial history".
As Saul is interested in the way people interact within their surroundings, and the psychological dynamics, particularly of intimacy, I thought he should become acquainted with, and closer to, kate.

iskm: Let's analyze you Saul! What prompted you to create Initial Intake? 
Saul Robbins (SR): Over the last decade my work has become increasingly motivated by personal experience and on multiple levels, references to loss and unity. With Initial Intake I observed and then photographed each chair from the client's vantage point so that I could best reference the perceptions, associations, and responses to this very private environment, and the work that takes place there.  

iskm: Why?
SR: For many, the role of the psychotherapist holds significant weight, and the importance given to him/her is one of profound influence in many of our lives. Viewers are encouraged to consider the inherent personality in each of these environments, and the place of power being held, quite literally, across from them, on a regular basis.

iskm: It is fascinating how many images of chairs you have gathered. It reminds me of the Walter Benjamin quote: "Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories." You once mentioned to me that you are also a collector of certain items ...

Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/walter_benjamin.html#8MR1ctr4xIzwm0iM.99

Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/walter_benjamin.html#8MR1ctr4xIzwm0iM.99

SR: I began collecting several small objects about 6 years ago when I noticed that a childhood game of twisting off apple stems was taking place consciously in relationship to my current project 'Where’s My Happy Ending?' and I saved those apple stems in an antique jar. I purchase the bottles at flea markets and tag sales, and a friend told me about an old dump in Queens where they float up through the mud from time to time.

iskm: So, how does this relate to your photography?
SR: About 3 years ago I started drawing and scratching into the 'Where's My Happy Ending?' prints which allowed me to better express myself emotionally and physically in relation to the series. The drawings are my immediate and visceral response to a very personal struggle in my life, which is the desire and struggles of my wife and I to start our family, with greater emphasis on mapping my own personal interior landscape rather than exploring the exterior one of 'Initial Intake'. Saving the remnants from the drawings memorializes these remains and the drawing process itself, attempting to retain a sense of wholeness and integrity within the context and subject of the series. I began scratching directly into Chromogenic paper and prints because I was dissatisfied with the way that Sharpie pens were settling on most of the photographs. The intentions of this practice are myriad: decorative, meditative, intentional, and metaphorical. The practice allows me to try and right what’s wrong in my universe rather than accepting or being limited to what is recorded on film and onto the paper. When I began scratching, saving the remnants was a natural extension of my interest in loss and unity; presenting each drawing with its jar of remnants also allows the images to retain the sense and quality of holistic integrity. 

iskm: And you used this framework for your kate image? 
SR: Yes. I shot and have now shredded all evidence of Kate Moss. She's now stuffed safely away in a small glass bottle in my living room. 
iskm: Wait, really? Let’s see it!

Kate, by Saul - the exclusive edition

 

SR: Here she is in my collection of some other shredded and collectible objects, in case you don't believe I am actually so obsessive. 

iskm: How did you find kate and explain to us what happened?

SR: I was at an event with my wife at the Soho Grand and saw this huge photograph above the bar. After I confirmed it was Kate. I made a picture with my wife’s mobile, printed it out at home and put it through our shredder, then put the remnants of that into the glass bottle. I then took a black & white photograph of the bottle to give kate a classic look.

iskm: How do you feel your approach to photography affected your submission to ishotkatemoss? 

SR: I don’t care much for star worship but relish the idea of capturing and “shredding" Kate, then bottling her up as a humorous way to play off ideas of branding, commodification, star culture, and ownership. Why should kate and her peers be the only ones to bottle a perfume for us to covet? If it weren’t for the fans, these stars would remain unknown, and I am interested in turning this equation on its head with my own exclusive brand of kate moss ... perhaps I should call it “Kate, by Saul - the exclusive edition".

iskm: I think that this image is one of the most distinctive submissions that we have added to the iskm collage. Finally, which photographer/s would you most want to most see involved in ishotkatemoss? 

SR: How about David Hammons, Carrie Mae Weems, Glenn Ligon, Mickalene Thomas, Wangechi Mutu, or Clifford Owens? And, while he is no longer with us, how about Robert Heinecken? I’d love to see him take on iskm. 

iskm: Thanks Saul! 

SR: Thank you for inviting me to participate. 

Saul is currently part of an exhibition at NOPA. the New Orleans Photo Alliance, which runs until May 25th. For information about this, upcoming exhibitions and his work you can visit www.saulrobbins.com.

And like Saul, and all psychiatrists in NY do ... Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

www.ishotkatemoss.com

Photographer Series #7: neilshotkatemoss

Neil Haddon is a fascinating visual artist who lives in Hobart, Australia. His art investigates “strategies of selective misappropriation and willful misinterpretation” in translating existing narratives into new pictorial form. He has re-evaluated methodologies associated with Minimalism and his recent research has focused on images taken from incidental stories in the news media and re-pictures these as ‘broken’ images, or images ‘freed’ from their original context. Um, I think that is a good portion of www.ishotkatemoss.com ... but as you’ll see Neil’s work is very very different from what you have viewed previously dear reader.

Left: A press image. Right: Haddon's After the burn, Mt Nelson (a new landscape emerges), 2013

Originally from the UK, via a six-year stint in Spain, Neil recently completed a residency at the Australia Council for the Arts Studio in NY. He teaches part-time at the Tasmanian College of the Arts and has had multiple exhibitions around the globe. In addition to being represented by a number of wonderful Australian galleries, he has work in the collection at the Museum of New & Old Art (MONA) in Hobart - one of the greatest spaces in the world, in our esteemed opinion - and this work was also included in the traveling MONA exhibition Theatre of The World at Le Maison Rouge in Paris late last year.

In other words, Neil gets around and given he had yet to meet kate, we made the introduction!

iskm: Before we get to kate, given the uniqueness of your art, can you explain your process from going from the source image to your final work?

Neil Haddon (NH): The images that I most often work with, mostly culled from the pages of the local newspapers wherever I happen to find myself, get put through a process of dis-entanglement. This is done by a combination of hand made sketches, work on paper, and digital manipulation on the computer. In essence the image is stripped of all recognizable detail until only the silhouette remains. This is then 'filled in' with an abstracted detail or detail that promotes a wholly new way of looking at the image and it's context. These images then serve as the basis for large-scale paintings.

iskm: How would you describe your photographic work? 

NH: Photography sits for me in a broad catch all category of my work that I call ‘Other Things’. This body of work is not painting (my main mode of production) and follows no discernible trajectory. This is a deliberate tactic that allows me to work with fluidity to produce many types of outcome for many kinds of audiences, from Facebook to gallery display. I should say, however, that photography and digital manipulation of images forms the bedrock for my painting practice.

iskm: How do you select your source image/s? 

NH: I look for a silhouette. That’s it. I am not interested in the detail as this will invariably be removed from the final image and replaced with ... something else.

Neil Haddon's I'll be your mirror, 2014

Neil's source image

iskm: What did you do to your chosen Kate Moss image and why? 

NH: I have occasionally tried my hand at portraiture. More accurately, a ‘not’ portraiture, that acknowledges the ultimately futile process of capturing the likeness of a visage and claiming that this image holds something of the identity of the sitter. The portrait series (and I'd include the Kate Moss here) are distinct because the Identity is somewhat known. However the image I submitted is most different in that has not been made into a painting. I decided not to use digital manipulation and the detail that you can see within the silhouette is the reflection in my studio window in NY of the exotic plants in the studio. The silhouette is a paper cut out stuck to the window. Of course what happens when you encounter this work 'in the flesh' is that you see your own visage in the place of Kate's. 

iskm: How do you feel your approach to photography/art making affected your submission to iskm? 

NH: My portrait sitters are usually absent from the final image. To date, I have made portraits of Timothy Walker (CEO & Artistic Director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra), John Cauchi (former Attorney General of Tonga) and Catherine Walker (Deputy Director AUSAID). I know these people. It was time to try the process with someone that I didn’t know. The only distinction here is that I knew this image for ishotkatemoss would remain as a photograph.

iskm: Which photographer/s would you most want to most see involved in iskm?

NH: Paul Graham because I would be very interested to see how his socially engaged, rather beautiful, approach to photography would handle this. Oh, and I've just seen Hiroshi Sugimoto at the Getty in LA. I wonder what he would make of this? His re-photographs of Fox Talbots early negatives are astounding.

iskm: Thanks again Neil. We are so glad you were involved in the project!

NH: I enjoyed the opportunity to make a new work and it has sparked off some more ideas for me… who knows, you may see more in this vein in the future.

During 2015 there will be exhibitions of the work Neil produced in NY at Diane Tanzer Gallery and Projects, Melbourne and Bett Gallery, Hobart. More information can be found at www.neilhaddon.com.au, and much like Neil's journey, no matter where the art takes you ... Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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Proudly Butchered

What a busy week it has been ...

1. Kate is featured on two new magazine covers that have been seen this week on the mean streets of NY.
Here are some fun submitted images:

A piece of kate, found on a table at SVA

2. iskm founder, Zev Jonas, attended an undergraduate class, titled Still-Life: Objects of Desire and Disgust, at the School of Visual Arts. As part of the final project each student was asked, under the auspices of an assignment titled "Transformation", to create images for www.ishotekatemoss.com. So impressed by the results were we that a number of photographer-series blog entries will have to be dedicated to these talented artists.

3. The Butcher Girls of Love highlighted Cindy Hinant's work (from our April 26 post) and yours truly. Tell the Wolves I'm Home!

Wyburn's mini-chedder cracker kate

4. Oh, and speaking of being butchered, a pile of mini-chedder crackers has been turned into kate. "Why!?!" you ask. To that we say, "Why Not!!!" Well, apart from gross commercialization for a certain corporation that paid a Mr. Nathan Wyburn to do so ... 

Kate and a few other celebs were exhbited for one night in London recently.

"A few mouthfuls went missing as part of the creative process but I'm delighted with the end result" said Wyburn.

 

And just like Nathan - who has created many food inspired pieces, such as a chocolate jesus (which he stated that he made due to the over commercialization of Easter - assuming he wasn't paid by Hershey's to do this) ... 

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

P.S. Given that I may never have a six degree moment to Tom ever again on this blog, let's all enjoy a real choccy jesus!!!

There ain't nothing better, suitable for this boy ... www.ishotkatemoss.com

Photographer Series #6: cindyshotkatemoss

Now that the easter egg hunt is over, we return to our normal programming ...

Cindy Hinant is an artist interested in representations of women in art and the media making her a natural to join the www.ishotkatemoss.com family! 

An image from Trampstamps, 2011

A great deal of Cindy’s art focuses on women taking or losing control of their own sexual image.  As an example, her series Trampstamps shows found photographs of Playboy tattoos that “signify that the wearer is not just a passive toy for the boys, but an active individual who claims her own status as a sexual object”. In the presentation of these images Cindy questioned “the notion that tattooing a logo on your skin is liberating, and (she) is suspicious of the idea that a brand devoted to men’s pleasure can symbolize empowerment and sexual freedom for women”. Her work has been exhibited widely including exhibitions at the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami and the Museo de Arte El Salvador. After learning of her work, and following on from Keren Moscovitch’s submission to iskm, I thought that Cindy would be the perfect artist to get us over the egg hunt!

iskm: How/why did you select the source image/s that you did?

Cindy Hinant (CH): I found images of Kate because I was googling 'celebrity upskirts'. 'Upskirting' is the practice of taking unauthorized photographs from below a woman’s skirt. In most of the US (and in many countries) it is legal and not considered a violation for photographers to take these photos as long as it is in a public place. These photographs function in a moral grey area as they can be viewed as candid shots that are an invasion of privacy by the paparazzi or as intentional actions performed by celebrities as a marketing strategy. A long time fetish genre, upskirting was popularized by Britney Spears and Paris Hilton circa 2006. Today it is more prevalent among “B list” celebrities and seems to be a rite of passage for child stars into adulthood. I think the upskirt is an interesting tactic for celebrities to develop their sex-icon image without being labeled as a 'slut'.

An 'upskirt' of kate that we will not do the honor of crediting

iskm: Kate poses naked often so there is an even stranger voyeurism at play in attempting to get an upskirt photo of her specifically. Why do you think this is?

CH: I can't say why Kate has taken so many upskirt photos, they could very well have been inadvertent (she wears underwear in most of them). The upskirt is not about nudity, it’s about being exposed. It allows for a voyeuristic desire which is much more subversive than any magazine spread. These photos are also “candid” in that they show us the “real” star, rather than the photoshopped version of Kate available in other media.

iskm: What did you do to your chosen Kate Moss image and why?

CH: Most upskirt photos are taken as the celebrity exits from a black town car or limo at night when they are most likely to be wearing some kind of short cocktail dress. I 'paint' the images black in photoshop, which unifies the series and flattens the background. I also flip the images upside down; it makes them difficult to read, and slows down the pace at which the viewer processes these images which I think gives more time to consider the strange phenomena of upskirting. I also find it funny to flip them … they are 'upside-down-up-skirts'.

iskm: In a very strange way, this voyeurism reminds me of Kohei Yoshiyuki’s “The Park”. I am repulsed by the original idea yet very much want to see your interpretation:

Some examples of Cindy Hinant's Upskirts (Kate), 2014

iskm: How do you feel your approach to photography affected your submission to ishotkatemoss?

CH: I’m not a photographer. I work with a lot of found images but I almost never take a photograph. I’m interested in representations in art and in the media that seem to empower women while effectively demeaning them. Often sexualized media personalities are presented as if they have taken advantage of the present gender biased culture that we live in and they are seen as empowered because they have 'chosen' to be objectified and thus seem to have mastered their sexual power for their own fame and success. It’s a way for a lucky few to take advantage of a corrupt system under the guise of 'girl power' while enforcing negative stereotypes. Kate Moss uses her body to her own advantage while perpetuating a system that discriminates against women. I don’t blame her specifically, but the culture of treating women as objects, of which she is a participant, is a problem. 

iskm: Which photographer/s would you most want to most see involved in ishotkatemoss?

CH: Ei Arakawa. Everything he touches turns into a beautiful poem. He did an installation/performance last year and one of the materials he used was trashy celebrity perfumes. I’m sure he could make a Kate Moss work that would make us all reconsider her legacy and our own.

Cindy’s work is fascinating and important. She will be featured in the forthcoming book New York, New Wave: The Legacy of Feminist Artists in Emerging Practices by Kathy Battista plus some of her pieces will be included in the upcoming exhibition Please Kill The Mainstream, curated by Giuseppe Ruffo and Pietro Tatafiore which is opening at the Galerija Zecevic on April 28^th in Belgrade, Serbia. More information about these projects, and her work, can be found at www.cindyhinant.com.

And like Cindy: Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

sold ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #23: April 23rd

Sotheby's was the scene ... and 37 eggs were on display and awaiting the auctioneer's gavel, including Bruce's ...

While she waited, the radiant light of a neighbor egg gave kate a warm tone and made her skin glow:

 The crowds moved to their seats ... 

kate was Lot #15 ... 

and after much frantic bidding and $18,000 later, the egg was SOLD!

 On the way out, a final glance towards the top of the egg gave us our last submission from the hunt:

 (Oh, and for those wondering, the Jeff Koon's egg was purchased for $900,000)

Observed. Cracked. Beaten. Whisked. Boiled and Poached.
Over and (sold) out.

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moss's egg... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #22: April 22nd

 

The egg has gone from Del Frisco's Grille, only to (we believe) reappear at Sotheby's this evening. So there are no images to share yet for the day. 

At the closing of the online portion of the auction, Bruce Weber's egg logged 52 bids and the price stood at $14,200 in support of the Elephant Family charity!

This roving reporter will do his best to send a final dispatch, for your benefit, dear reader, so we can lay this egg (to rest).

In the meantime, and in the honor of the egg hunt, we here at ishotkatemoss.com have delved into conspiracy theorists claims that the world revolves around kate ... and have definitive proof, yet again, that this is the case!

According to Wolfram Math World: the web's most extensive mathematics resource, the term for an oval whose construction is illustrated in the following diagram is ...

... "Moss's Egg"!!!

It just so happens, that not only Bruce's egg  but that all eggs were this exact shape! Chance, we think not.

The universe has a funny way of making us ...

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

stratum ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #21: April 21st

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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romanticism ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #20: April 20th

... the age of reflection

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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not in all its glory ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #19: April 19th

So, a trip or two to Rockefeller has finally paid off. The plaza, in all of its well trodden tourist splendor, is inundated with a diverse range of colorful eggs, many of which are quite spectacular (more information is at: www.thebigegghunt.org).

However, Bruce's egg of kate could not be found. After much questioning and assistance, the egg was located in a a dark indoor corner of Del Frisco's Grille, far far away from its contemporaries! 'But for why?' my dear reader's ask, given that we all at www.ishotkatemoss.com are avidly looking for said egg ... 

Well it turns out that "due to some nudity, it was determined that Bruce Weber's egg should be placed in a more controlled environment."

Kate and egg, in all crinkled and sun bleached glory, could not be seen by our impressionable youth. Given that Weber's images are from various marketing campaigns, I found this actually quite an insightful decision.

While I very much respect the hunt as an event for people young and old, this does make things a touch more difficult for image creation but we will continue our photographic journey, as committed, for the remaining days.

I am expecting that there will most likely be quite a bit of reflection (both literally and figuratively) given the journey we have been on with this egg plus due to the fact that the plexi-box is stored behind the Grille's thick window glass. 

 

Apart from what images can be scrounged, we will keep our eye on the auction to see how much this egg will contribute to the total raised (at the time of going to print, there have been 39 bids for this egg with the price getting to $5,700!). Quite short of Mr Jeff Koons egg - currently the leader at $420,000 - but impressive none-the-less. Bidding ends online at midday on April 22nd before the action will hot up at Sotheby's.

There are not many days left of this particular hunt so remember to: 

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit ... to the egg.

while we wait ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #18: April 18th

... for the egg to resurface, here are a some additional images from the past few weeks:

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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ovulation ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #17: April 17th

... um the egg is on the move

Off to Rockefeller Plaza we go
to Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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scarification ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #16: April 16th

... modification

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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omg ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #15: April 15th

... it's lichen moss

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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dark matter ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #14: April 14th

... is a type of matter hypothesized in astronomy and cosmology to account for effects that appear to be the result of mass where no such mass can be seen

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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they say it's your birthday ...

... many happy returns to Zev Jonas, the founder of www.ishotkatemoss.com

Installation photo of Daniele Buetti's I am too old for this shit perforated photographic print on aluminium lightbox

To celebrate ... Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

kate's world ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #13: April 13th

... is flat

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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sun streaks ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #12: April 12th

... fading the color on this first glowing spring day

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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blue poles ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #11: April 11th

... on the 11th day, what else could it be but a blue kate:

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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dog chasing cars ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg (intermission)

I know you will not believe me, but it turns out that this egg hunt will only be over when a certain Ms.Moss finds it ...

As we walked past today, a number of paparazzi were hanging around the upmarket hotel around the corner ... apparently she was on her way from the airport. Suddenly they sprinted off as it turns out she was booked in a different lodging and she was simply trying to shake them off! Obsession, like a pack of wolves on the calvin klein scent!

What would I do if in fact I caught her, I wondered? Reminded me of that line from the joker:

“I’m like a dog chasing cars, I wouldn’t know what to do if I caught one,”

Maybe we would ask her to send in an egg selfie?

Dear Kate ... Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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weathered vein ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #10: April 10th

... whether vain?

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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wrinkle free ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #9: April 9th

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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beauty ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #8: April 8th

 ... spots

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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i don't like ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #7: April 7th

... mondays

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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a sunday morning ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #6: April 6th

... symphony

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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splitting ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #5: April 5th

An egg?

BPD?

The atom*?

Nope, just kate ...

Honey scars I'll keep you near

*You're looking at stars that give you vertigo
The sun's still burning and dust will blow
Honey scars I'll keep you near Horace Andy

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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hide and seek... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #4: April 4th

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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The night scream ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #3: April 3rd

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.
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As the dust settles ... ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #2: April 2nd

... on the plexi:

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg #1: April 1st

Happy April Fools' from all at www.ishotkatemoss.com

We kick off the month with the first in the egg series. This from - our founder - Zev Jonas, taken through the roof of the plexi-glass eggshell:

Jonas' Plexi-Glass Tears

Man Ray's Les Larmes de Verre

Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.
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The goose that laid the golden egg

Every now and again something just falls into your lap ...

New York City has a habit of doing that more often than not to those open to its sense of occasion and possibly planned spontaneity.

And to this fine city comes the Fabergé Big Egg Hunt - given that this project will allow you, dear NYC reader, to participate even more freely in www.ishotkatemoss.com plus the proceeds of this egg endeavor will head to two charities, we are more than happy to promote it:

"On Tuesday, April 1 to Thursday, April 17 the world’s leading artists, fashion designers, architects, photographers and jewelers will be creating 300 unique two-foot egg sculptures that will be hidden throughout Manhattan and the boroughs. These eggs will be hunted down by the public via various social media channels and participants will be entered for a chance to win weekly prizes of Fabergé Mini Eggs. Beginning Friday, April 18 to Saturday, April 26, the culmination of the hunt, all egg sculptures will be displayed at Rockefeller Center and auctioned with all proceeds benefiting the Elephant Family and Studio in a School charities."
More information can be found at: www.thebigegghunt.org

The egg in its shell

So why do we care?!?

Because there we were today, idling along Broadway as we 

came towards 28th St and lo and behold we tripped on an egg. 

Not just any egg, mind you. A golden egg!

Bruce Weber, "celebrity fashion photographer", had 

completely papered his egg in images of kate ...

Different angles of Bruce Weber's egg

... and in addition to the hundreds of glued images of kate coming with paper wrinkles, the egg is contained in a plexi case - already replete with a lining of dust, dirt and water - allowing one and all to create their own ishotkatemoss-nesses.

The Key Dates of this undertaking, for your reference, are:
* The Fabergé Big Egg Hunt begins April 1st, 2014
* All eggs nest together in one location April 18th – 26th, 2014
* Grand Auction April 22nd, 2014
* The Fabergé Big Egg Hunt closes April 26th, 2014

And yes, this blog is committing to post every day beginning tomorrow (April Fools') - as the hunt officially gets underway until the egg is no longer on display - our favorite ishotkatemoss-on-bruceweber's-egg submissions!

So for those in NYC, head to Broadway and 28th with your SLR, smart phone, point & shoot or other device and Observe, Slow Down, Shoot and Submit! For those not in this fine and fair city you'll just have to shoot kate through the more traditional distorted, deteriorated or derelict means ... or lay your own egg!