"'I was approached by Kurv Magazine to shoot a story that related to the iconic ‘Barbie” image. A lot of different thoughts ran through my head, but one thing I wanted to do was stay away from being too literal and stray too far from my style of photography. I did not want the shoot to become too camp. I was trying to think of the right girl that represented the type of image I wanted...

What Barbie represents to me is a sort of a timeline of women in American history- all packaged up in a bit over the top-almost unachievable figure. A bit of Jessica rabbit does the history channel! In my mind—Barbie is at best- a blonde—so when the outrageously curvy Kim Kardashian called and said she was going blonde for the week, it was game on...

The idea behind the shoot was to capture the different characters of Barbie—western Barbie, Safari Barbie, etc. But I wanted the shoot to look like a timeless fashion shoot as opposed to a caricature -so for the most part we kept the clothing all in blacks and deep greys-very monochromatic. Kim’s hourglass figure was the basis of the story and different interpretations of her blonde hair showcased the character. We tended to go extreme with the hair to give it a bit of a push editorially, but keeping the classic side of the shoot shining through. We went with vintage pieces to authentically represent each character fashion wise...

Kim was able to balance the many sides of Barbie as she bounced from ethereal bride to the sex kitten future Barbie. It was very cool to see this whole new look for Kim. In my mind, she has never looked better!...'" (Source: Kurv Magazine Blog)