Fashion Week: Strike a Pose
HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: Of course, most of the fabulous fashions wouldn't see much light of day if it weren't for the fashion photographer. CNN's Jason Carroll has a snapshot of one of them.</s>JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It has been said photographing fashion week is much like a contact sport. It's a fight for position. An elbow for the shot of Anna Nicole Smith kissing Betsy Johnson, or Liza Minnelli posing before a show. Calmly centered in the middle of it all is Dan Lecca, the house photographer. Not to be confused with the other kind.</s>DAN LECCA, PHOTOGRAPHER: We intend to photograph every single look that comes down the runway. I'm not a paparazzo. I'm a runway photographer.</s>CARROLL: Lecca's images keep Calvin Klein, Gucci, and Ralph Lauren calling for more. Not bad for this Romanian native who left for New York at age 19 and worked as a short-order cook before landing a job as a photographer in 1978. Now he's called the king of the catwalk.</s>LECCA: Did you miss any outfits? Why?</s>CARROLL: And with that title...</s>LECCA: You're not shooting this anymore.</s>CARROLL: ... comes a little bit of attitude.</s>LECCA: I'm sorry, guys. I'm in a hurry. I need to express my anger immediately. It's my character.</s>CARROLL: Someone told me that you are "the" man when it comes to this. And in photography, they say he is the man you want to talk to.</s>LECCA: Well, yes, in a way it's true. I am the man.</s>CARROLL: He may have more drive than humility.</s>LECCA: I'm shooting for you. I just want to wish you good luck.</s>CARROLL: And at 57, this king has no plans to give up his throne anytime soon. Jason Carroll, CNN, New York.