Purple Magazine
— S/S 2009 issue 11
Mary Frey
How do you photograph the LOVE of your life? Is it possible to capture something so unique? Maybe you can’t — and shouldn’t even try. MARIO SORRENTI, who has photographed the world’s most beautiful women, asked himself this question about MARY FREY, before photographing his muse, the secret indispensable force in his work and life.
Mario’s solution was to compose a story featuring fashion pictures in his iconic style, personal pictures, and a voyeuristic series that recalls Marcel Duchamp’s Etant donné (1946–66), the tableaux vivant of a nude woman, her legs spread revealing herself through a peephole, all using Mary as his model.
Mario’s frontal and cosmically sidereal perspectives capture his LOVE, her beauty simultaneously perceived and contemplated.
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White silk and cotton suit jacket BALMAIN and Mary’s own ring
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Vintage denim jumpsuit CALVIN KLEIN and mirror platform shoes JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER
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Black lace dress ANDRES SARDA, black leather platform shoes CHRISTOPHER KANE and Mary’s own ring
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Black lace body DAMARIS and Mary’s own ring
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Black silk jacket STELLA MCCARTNEY and Mary’s own ring
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