British supermodel Kate Moss is to be at the center of a new exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery, featuring work by some of the world's leading contemporary fashion photographers.
The gallery director, Sandy Nairne, said that the gallery hopes to create an exhibition that will draw on the field of fashion to show what the gallery believes to be an "amazing, innotative" and very wide ranging new style of creating portraits found amongst fashion's busy magazines.
"By extracting the best of that world, we can see stars transformed through their collaboration with these photographers. Fashion surrounds us. It may sometimes irritate us but it has a place in society that is undeniable."
Other stars to feature in the show include the iconic French actress Catherine Deneuve, US actresses Sharon Stone and Angelina Jolie, plus the latter's current partner Brad Pitt.
Moss first became famous in 1990 where she was styled to look like she had been taking heroin, an illegal drug. The look in which models looked underweight with dark circles around their eyes and pale skin was called "heroin chic." The nine pictures of Moss — charting her transformation from her waif-like "heroin chic" look of 1990 — were taken by photographers Corinne Day, Mario Sorrenti, Paolo Roversi and duo Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.
Moss, 32, was recently named British model of the year at the British Fashion Awards. But 12 months ago, she made the front pages after being pictured allegedly taking illegal drugs, leading to the loss of a number of lucrative contracts. The Face of Fashion exhibition will run from Feb. 15 to May 28, 2007. (AFP)
英國超級模特兒凱特．摩絲即將成為倫敦國家肖像藝廊的新展覽焦點。這個展覽將展出全球頂尖的當代時尚攝影師之作。
1. portrait n.
肖像 (xiao4 xiang4) ，人像照 (ren2 xiang4 zhao4)
例:The Mona Lisa is probably the world's most famous portrait.
(蒙娜．麗莎可說是全世界最知名的肖像畫了。)
2. contemporary adj.
當代的 (dang1 dai4 de5)
例: The restaurant's design is very contemporary.
(那家餐廳的設計相當具當代風格。)
3. innovative adj.
創新的 (chuang4 xin1 de5)
例: Jane's teaching methods are very innovative.
((珍的教學方式相當創新。)
4. collaboration n.
合作 (he2 zuo4)
例: The new film is the result of an exciting collaboration between a respected script writer and a young Russian director.
(這部新電影是備受讚揚的編劇與俄羅斯新銳導演精彩合作的成果。)
藝廊的館長珊蒂．奈恩表示，他們希望開創這樣一個展覽，吸引時尚界展示藝廊在暢銷時尚雜誌中所發現的「了不起、創新」且多元的人像攝影新風格。
「藉由萃選全球頂級佳作，我們可以看到明星透過與攝影師合作而轉變。時尚脫離不了我們的生活。它或許有時候讓我們惱怒，但不可否認的是它在社會有一席之地。」
展覽可見的明星人像還包括具象徵地位的法國女星凱薩琳．丹妮芙、美國演員莎朗．史東，安潔莉娜．裘莉和她最近的戀人布萊德．彼特。
凱特．摩絲最早於一九九○年發跡，當時被塑造成吸食海洛因的形象。模特兒骨瘦如柴，帶著黑眼圈，臉色蒼白的模樣被稱為「heroin chic」（海洛因時髦）。摩絲的九張照片紀錄了她自一九九○年的流浪女「heroin chic」模樣之轉變，分別為攝影師Corinne Day、Mario Sorrenti、Paolo Roversi，及Mert Alas與Marcus Piggott 二人組的作品。
三十二歲的摩絲最近被英國時尚獎封為英國年度最佳模特兒。不過在一年前，她卻為了被拍攝疑似吸食禁藥的照片登上報紙頭版，導致損失了許多高價的合約。「時尚臉譜」展將於明年二月十五日展至五月二十八日。
（法新社/翻譯：賴美君）
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