Marcel Winatschek

Kate Upton, Housewife

I’d be lying if I said I had noble ambitions. Peace on earth, bread for the world—sure, those would be nice. But what I actually want is Kate Upton.

Sebastian Faena shot her for V Magazine as the perfect housewife, except the whole thing falls apart immediately. She’s not managing anything. She’s just in bed with a dog, standing in the kitchen, waiting by a phone in the bathroom. The concept is dead on arrival, but it doesn’t matter because she looks perfect just being there in a bathrobe.

Most of her work is styled magazine machinery. These photos are different—just her in normal light, in actual rooms, with real mess (dog on the bed, unflattering bathroom tiles). And she’s still beautiful.

The housewife framing was never going to stick, and I think everyone knew that. So the photographer just let it go and photographed her as herself in her house. Which is better anyway.