an article on models.com reported that Day had been diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor. A fundraising campaign titled Save the Day was organised to raise funds so that Day could receive Insulin Potentiation Therapy Low Dose or IPTLD chemotherapy in Arizona, USA. However, treatments were unsuccessful, and Day died on 27 August 2010. Legacy and influence Writing in The Daily Telegraph, in late August 2010, Belinda White said, "Corinne opened the door for a whole generation of photographers, designers, models and stylists who suddenly saw that the fashion industry didn't have to be this exclusive club for the privileged and perfect." An exhibition of Corinne Day's early photography for The Face was held at Gimpel Fils, London in September 2011. References Gli scatti di Corinne Day e Kate Moss nella Londra rock anni ’90 Fashion photographers 1962 births 2010 deaths English women photographers Documentary photographers Women photojournalists