With a resume that spans over 30 years and an ever evolving
career, this man’s resume reads like a who’s who of photographers,
designers, brands, modeling journalism and film. Here is a sampling of all: GQ, Cosmo. Uomo
Vogue, Vogue, Valentino, YSL, Dior, Zaharoff, Burberry, Avedon, Mapplethorpe,
DeMarchelier, Meisel, Elgort, Dances
with Wolves , Bonjour, Old Spice, L’Oreal, Kohl’s and over 300 runway
shows. For me there are not many men or
women who can boast the ubiquity (look it up) of this man over decades of work, and so, I
want to introduce Bill Curry to those who have never known the name that goes
with the face and to those who do know him, he reveals a more private side of
this exceptional and legendary life.
1-What is the most treasured
possession in your wardrobe?
My Italian grandfather’s Borsalino
hat
2-What is your most sterling trait?
Loyalty
3-What is your bliss?
My six year old daughter
4-What is your guilty secret?
I crave hand squeezed sour sop juice
from Port Antonio Jamaica.
5-Where is your ideal home?
Taos New Mexico with a view of the
Sacred Mountain and the smell of sage after a spring shower
6-If you could not be doing your
present job; what would you be doing?
Living in the high country of Northern
New Mexico watching the light dance during the day and the plethora of stars
shimmering at night
7-What is on your bedside table right
now?
A lacquered box from India full of
antique glass beads
8-What do you wear to bed?
My sandalwood essence oil
9-What if any, book are you reading
now or last read?
LIFE OF PI, SHANTARAM
10-What’s your advice to the
“newcomer?” In modeling?
Use the business to expand your
horizons with travel and intellectual exposure, never believe it is the real
you in those magazine ads.
11-Who or what is your
inspiration/style icon?
The men who were living the rarefied
air as world class models when I began living in NYC in 1977. Tony Spinelli,
Dennis LaMarsh, Rene White, Rob Yoh, Bob Menna, Ted Dawson, Peter Keating., Joe
McDonald. All were gracious enough to teach me that modeling was about the
clothes and presenting them with style.
12-Who is your favorite designer or
ideal subject?
Valentino has always been my favorite
designer for women, Giorgio Armani for men.
As a photographer my Ideal subject is
the one currently in front of my camera
13-In 3 words or less, describe the
current state of fashion.
FOR THE MASSES or FOR THE WEALTHY
14-If you could, would you ever
approach one of your peers to employ? Who? Why?
Oh yes! I
would hire Ellen Von Unwerth and watch how she creates the magical images
that translate into high SENSUAL art.
15-If you won a $200,000,000 power
ball, what is the first thing you would buy or do?
Tell the IRS.
16-If you could invite up to 4 people
for dinner, who would they be…dead or alive?
Nicolai Tesla, Mabel Dodge Luhan,
Chief Dan George, Christy Turlington
17-What is your favorite movie and/or
movie star?
My favorite film would be Little Big
Man with Dustin Hoffman.
My favorite actors are DANIEL DAY
LEWIS and Cate Blanchett
18-What is the one thing you would
change about yourself?
My sentimentality
19-Whose opinion do you value most?
My mother
20-What store or which designer do
you most like to shop in or wear ?
The Good Will Store in Beverly Hills
21-What’s your take on magazines,
books versus the internet?
I enjoy holding A book OR magazine as
I turn the pages, always a surprise awaiting.
I like the internet sites because the do not have fragrant strips every
other page.
22-Do you have a dream collaborator?
Henri Cartier- Bresson.
23-If you could pick anyone as your
client, who would you select and why?
As a model it would be Ralph Lauren
As a photographer it would be an on
location assignment with National Geographic
24-What’s your music library like?
Lots of World Beat, Ambiant , BOB
Marley and the smooth sounds of SADE
,Hall and Oates, Spinners, Curtis Mayfield , Barry White, Marvin Gaye and AL
GREEN, and always James Brown to make me
move.
25-What and where is your favorite
meal ?
Rigatoni puntanesca in Roma.
26-Who is your perfect dinner
companion?
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