V. F. Camera

Artists and models

The oft pictured were showing off their own pictures in New York this fall. Richard Gere took his first photo as a Boy Scout ("Probably [of] mountains—isn't that funny?" he laughs). Now he's a Buddhist, exhibiting photos of Tibet at the Robert Miller Gallery. Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel's Kaiser of Couture, is just another clicker when he wields a camera, judging by the textbook artiness of his "Visages et Paysages." Professional glamour shots—blowups from Kate: The Kate Moss Book, by Kate Mosslined the walls of the James Danziger Gallery. The 21-year-old ex-waif contributed a 450-word introduction to her "autobiography," thanking the pros she's been "lucky enough to work with." Pro beau Johnny Depp attended the opening and sheepishly admitted that he also gets behind the camera. "Yeah, I take pictures," he said. "I take Polaroids of my dog." Does he ever focus on Kate? "No, it's just the dog," laughs Kate. "We're obsessed with the dog." —DEBORAH MITCHELL

DEBORAH MITCHELL