Moma Gala

Summer is nearly here and I am so happy. The weather is perfect and this weekend I get to go away and visit Ashley and Mike and their new baby. Before I go I had to get this post up from last night at Moma. So often my photos are women in their dresses but last night they all seemed to have their favorite man on their arm. David Rockefeller is turning 95 this year and at the end of the night out came a cake with one candle on it just for him. Bill Cunningham was nowhere to be seen so when they found him they bought the cake back out and he blew out the candle again.
What a wonderful night it was in the Garden. I so love the space. The city seems so far away. To see all the photos you can visit my website at Julie Skarratt Photography and click on View your Event

Last Tuesday I raced up town to the Pierre Hotel for the Memorial Sloan Kettering Spring Gala. Jamie Tisch was the first person to arrive and looked amazing in all white.
Bronson did an great job with the ballroom filling it with butterflies and May J. Blige gave a soulful performance.
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Yes Julie Skarratt was a Cosmopolitan Cover Girl

Last Sunday I had the most fun photographing a Bat Mitzvah for Ali. I had spent the afternoon with her and her sisters last Thursday when she had quizzed me on who I was. As I was taking her photos I told her how I had modeled years ago. She wanted to hear my stories and so I told her a few. On Sunday when I came back to the house her mom and sisters wanted to hear my stories too. I told them about the time I was living in Milan when I was 19 years old. It was winter and I had to go to Rome to film a commercial for swim suits. We drove for 2 hours and got to a pool that had steam coming off it. This was a problem because it was meant to look like summer so we had to wait all day for the pool to cool down to 50 degrees and then the camera man jumped in with 3 wetsuits on and I was told to dive in and swim the length of the pool. With teeth chattering and my skin turning blue and not really able to complain because I didn't know enough italian I did what I was asked and had to swim 7 times for the different takes.
Here is a very different beach photo that was taken in 1980 just before I left Australia for Europe and the December issue that was taken on one of my trips home in 1981. Yes Julie Skarratt was a Cosmopolitan Cover Girl.

The Hat Lunch

Yesterday was the most beautiful day and I was so excited to head up to Central Park for the Frederick Law Olmsted Awards Luncheon in the Conservatory Garden of Central Park. Gillian Miniter with co-chair Anne Harrison, Noreen Buckfire, Marcia Mishaan, and Sarah Robertson in the photograph to the right helped bring together 1236 guests, and in so doing raised $2,450,000. To see all the photos you can visit my website at Julie Skarratt Photography and click on View your Event