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SHOT BY KERN DOES EUROPE

As you may remember from a

certain illicit travel blog

, last summer VBS sent Richard Kern on a lengthy, whirlwindish tour of Europe and its tits. The results of that vacation are now just about edited and should be hitting

Shot By Kern

later next month. To tide you over, here's a little chat with the man behind the lens behind the photos behind the show.

Vice: What was your favorite shoot on the trip?

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Richard Kern:

That's a really hard question to answer. I'd say the top shoot for me was Sydney in Milan, but it would be easier for me to tell you my least favorite shoot. All but one or two of the shoots were excellent. I hope the other girls won't take this wrong, because every shoot was unique and all the models, with the exception of one, were excellent.

Why was that?

I shot Sydney for hours and hours. I did every possible kind of shoot with her. I got photos and video that I used for six different projects. I could say the same for Cecile in Paris, Mary and Julie in Paris, Lucy in London, and Rica in Antwerp. One of the deciding factors for Sydney in Milan was the lunch we had that day—it was the best of the trip.

Of all the girls in Europe, which do you think are the most attractive?

Another impossible question. But if pressed, again I'd go with the women in Paris first, then Milan.

Do you prefer European girls to American?

If I think back to all the women I've shot over the years, I'd have to say that I've had better results with Euro girls. The one thing I should point out is that it seems that most of the Euro girls are not from the countries that I have shot them in. Sydney, for example, is not from Milan. She's from Belgium. I really, really like French women. I don't know why.

Are there any memorable moments of the trip for you?

I got stuck in one of those tiny elevators for two hours in Paris with the French publisher of Vice. We were going up to an apartment to shoot. On another shoot, the model's father called while we were shooting. She sort of freaked out about what she was doing and wouldn't do anything I wanted after that. At the end of several of the shoots, I would photograph the model smoking pot. One girl got so stoned she started throwing up, but I didn't get that on film.

Are you going to come back?

I'm ready to go right now. Hook me up!