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The cover of the Katja Rahlwes Purple Book via purplediary Photo Gianni Oprandi

TI is rushing on the premonition that we're set to have a brilliant Katja Rahlwes moment in NY. A few weeks back I was at a meeting at Management Artists when I was informed Katja Rahlwes was joining their roster. As such I flashed back to a conversation I had with Katja for MDC two years ago, where she mapped out her origins as a fashion photographer.

Is the newstand destined to be an antique?

Well that was very strange. Looking back, I realize Paris SS11 turned into a kind of publisher's convention.

The two best thing about Purple: Purple Naked and the dinners

Sunday night and it is action packed....

Dree Hemmingway PH Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin for Purple #12

The new Purple? It's a cornocopia...Freja liplocked with Abbey while Eniko and Magdelena carry on

Purple Beauty shoot by Paola Kudacki for Purple Fashion magazine #12 with models Suvi Maria and Hanne Gaby. Video by Caroline Gaimari

Beauty shoot by Paola Kudacki from Purple Magazine on Vimeo.

Natacha Ramsey outside the rue de Verneuil home of Serge Gainsbourg PH Olivier Zahm via purplediary.com

"I am not a direction, but simply a U Turn."
Olivier Zahm

Get into the kaledescopic Katja Rahlwes experience at katja.rahlwes.free.fr/

"Anything that triggers you to take a picture is a creative and personal decision . That is the moment that you're saying, I need that . I need to see more of that. This is what I've been looking for and no one else could give it to me . That's what makes your work specific. That's how people can recognize your work."

Katja Rahlwes in a conversation with TI

Olivier Zahm snap of Paz and Julia from his blog. Assume this is Paz.

Christina Kruse: Women: Photographed by Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin for Purple Fashion S/S 09

Richard Prince Visual essay: Purple # 10