Naomi Campbell ready for retrospective show

Quick everyone, hide your cell phones. Naomi Campbell is coming to town.

Campbell and her posse of famous pals and photographers will descend upon Miami to present a collection of photographs of the supermodel.

Organizers from Art Photo Expo Miami say it is rare that top photographers such as Arthur Elgort, Albert Watson and Steven Meisel exhibit their work together. The show running from Dec. 2 - 7 will feature more than 50 photographs and several illustrations of Campbell, which will be for sale. The show coincides with the international art fair Art Basel Miami, but is not connected to it. The retrospective is part of a larger exhibit called In Fashion Photo, which will display an additional 250 photographs.

"I love my job," Campbell said in an interview from Moscow, where she was doing a photo shoot. "I have had a great, great career. I am not doing this retrospective because I am over.

Does she have a favorite picture? Not really. "It's my life basically," she said. "For me, each picture tells a different moment in my career and just for me its a timeline really."

Organizer Francois Trabelsi said he picked Campbell because "she's the biggest top model of the world."

"All big photographers of the world make some photographs or did something with her," he said.

Elgort said the first time he met Campbell was in the mid-1980s. He has photographed her many times, including with designer Azzedine Alaia, and one of those photos is included in the show.

"She was very outward, very fun. A nice, crazy girl," he said. "She had an amazing runway presence."

Although Elgort applauds Campbell's longevity, he said she isn't the easiest person to work with.

Campbell's bad behavior is legendary. She was sentenced to community service and a fine after she pleaded guilty to kicking, spitting and swearing at the airline officers aboard a plane at Heathrow Airport in April. Last year, she was sentenced to a week of community service in New York City after admitting "reckless assault" for throwing a mobile phone at her housekeeper. In 2000, she pleaded guilty in Toronto to an assault charge for beating an assistant.

"I really don't care what people say about me who don't know me. It's that I don't judge people and I don't like to be judged," she said. "I am hard working. I love what I do. I care about people. I'm loyal. I'm generous to my friends and you know, I try to keep my circle very small."

Campbell said one of her dreams is to host "Saturday Night Live" and to play herself. She says others have portrayed her and have not gotten it right. "I would love to just make fun of myself," she said.

Photos: Getty Images

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