Some of your images How has the nature of could be viewed as sex- celebrity changed since ist, degrading and boryou started out? derline pornographic. with several other photographers, How do you answer that Along I have literally documented the changing cult of celebrity. I realised that things accusation? Very few people have accused me of sexism, and in fact my biggest fan base is women. The blokes, on the other hand, just don’t get it. They just want the girls with big breasts, whereas women normally get the layers and subtleties of the work.
were getting bad when I photographed Rebecca Loos (famous for her alleged affair with David Beckham). I picked up my normal £500 fee whereas she got paid £14,000 for just a few hours’ work! Two of my photos which I think show the darker side of the fame game are the ones of her and James Hewitt. If you look closely at the photographs, you can see the price in their eyes. They look
frightened, and all the trappings of fame are there.
What made you decide to move to Whitstable? Moving to Kent was both emotionally and spiritually significant to me. I couldn’t stand living in London anymore; I always wanted it to be New York but it never will be. Whitstable is a cool place to live and home is a modern bungalow just five minutes from the harbour and five minutes to the railway station, which is good because I don’t drive. I’m not good with boats either but I joined the local yacht club The Weekender 23
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