A life less ordinary for Amy Winehouse and the Irish photographer who photographed her in the midst of fame

In 2003 Irish photographer Charles Moriarty was given an opportunity to photograph an aspiring singer by the name of Amy Winehouse. On the seventh anniversary of her death, he recalls his encounters with a woman on the cusp of fame and tragedy — and reveals why he finally decided to exhibit their photos, writes Carolyn Moore.

The year 2007 was a heady time for celebrity gossip. Fueled by the explosion of gossip bloggers like Perez Hilton and self-styled ‘news agencies’ like TMZ, mainstream publications like The Daily Mail had started to up the ante when it came to real-time, online celebrity gossip coverage.