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Image Sources
Piece 1:
Top left: Day, Corinne. “Tara Crying Gimpel Fils.” Corinne Day, Photographer, 2000, https://www.corinneday.com/exhibitions/66/.
Center right: Day, Corinne. “Tara, Wales.” Hyman Collection, 1997, https://hymancollection.org/artworks/52679-corinne-day-tara-wales-1997/.
Bottom left: Day, Corinne. “Tara Sitting on the Loo.” Inspired Pencil, https://ar.inspiredpencil.com/pictures-2023/corinne-day-diary.
Piece 2: Sorrenti, Davide. “Unpublished Work.” ID, ”https://i-d.co/article/90s-polaroids-by-davide-sorrenti-photography/
Piece 3: Sorrenti, Davide. “Unpublished Work.” ID, https://i-d.co/article/90s-polaroids-by-davide-sorrenti-photography/
Piece 4: Sorrenti, Davide. “Jaime Orange-Aide.” Camera Club, 1996. https://www.cameraclub.com/news/20/12/davide-sorrenti-featured-in-love-magazine.
Piece 5: Sorrenti, Davide. “Davide and Milla.” Bird in Flight, https://birdinflight.com/en/why_its_masterpiece/20200518-davide-sorrenti.html.
Piece 6: Day, Corinne. “Tara Tounge Gimpel Fils.” Corinne Day, Photographer, 2000, https://www.corinneday.com/exhibitions/66/.
Piece 7: Day, Corinne. “Tara and Mia.” Dazed Digital, https://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/gallery/18377/0/never-before-seen-images-by-corinne-day.
Piece 8: Sorrenti, Davide. “Jaime Leaf.” Indie, https://indie-mag.com/2019/06/davide-sorrenti-photography-heroin-chic/.
Piece 9: Sorrenti, Davide. “Milla on the Rooftop”. Camera Club, 1995, https://www.cameraclub.com/news/20/12/davide-sorrenti-featured-in-love-magazine.
Piece 10: Day, Corinne. “Georgina at home Rockmount Estate.” Artsy Network, https://www.artsy.net/artwork/corinne-day-georgina-at-home-in-rockmount-estate-se18.
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Piece 16:
Top: Sorrenti, Davide. “Jaime Sleeping,” Camera Club, https://www.cameraclub.com/artists/davide-sorrenti-archive#overview-1.
Bottom: Sorrenti, Davide. “Jaime Resting Nude.” The Face, https://theface.com/style/davide-sorrenti-argueske-jamie-king-harmony-korine-glen-luchford.
Piece 17: Sorrenti, Davide. “Jaime Omaha.” The Face, https://theface.com/style/davide-sorrenti-argueske-jamie-king-harmony-korine-glen-luchford.
Piece 18: Bonnat, Léon. “Christ on the Cross,” Tetragrammaton, 1874, https://www.tetragrammaton.com/art/christonthecrucifixion.
Piece 19: Sorrenti, Davide. “Hands up.” Indie, https://indie-mag.com/2019/06/davide-sorrenti-photography-heroin-chic/.
Piece 20: Tihor, Madeleine. “Screenshot of Kim on James Corden show.” YouTube, 2026, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XcfLdIKGmg.
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