Harper's Bazaar Australia : June / July 2012: Nicole Kidman by Will Davidson

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Image source: HB Australia Facebook page

 

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EXCLUSIVE: NICOLE KIDMAN’S INTIMATE FAMILY PHOTOS

05.05.2012
Truth, beauty, family. Editor Edwina McCann gets to know the real Nicole Kidman on location at BAZAAR's August cover shoot.

Nicole Kidman is no stranger to criticism. She faced plenty after the birth in December 2010 of Faith Margaret, a much-yearned for sister for Sunday Rose. Faith was famously born with the help of a “gestational carrier” as is the common term in the US. No doubt there will be those who throw yet more criticism at her for allowing her children to feature in photos in this month’s Harper’s BAZAAR. So I wanted to explain what happened behind the scenes.

Kidman was booked for our cover shoot with a young Australian photographer and regular BAZAAR contributor, Will Davidson. The shoot took place a few hours out of Sydney in a country home with a perfect red dirt road, as envisioned by Davidson. Kidman arrived on time, without entourage, and even spotted the crew not a coffee but a coffee van — “my treat” — when she was told the cost was beyond the shoot budget. She was a willing photographic subject, talked to me in an unguarded and genuinely warm manner before the pictures, and later waited obligingly until dark for a specific Gucci dress to arrive. (In the end the light was so low that the shot didn’t make the cut.) Later in the afternoon, Sunday Rose and Faith arrived after their sleeps to see Mummy. Kidman didn’t want to put them down; Sunday Rose donned one of the tuxedo jackets from the clothing racks because it was getting chilly. The photographer then took some shots of Kidman with the girls solely for her family album.

The June/July issue is on sale Monday 14 May.

Source: HB Australia website

 

[TREVOFASHIONISTO]

that is a beautiful shot of her

 

[lightblue]

its kinda haunting in a good way..

 

[GarageGlamorous]

I like it! Not sure about the baby having his face backwards, but it's a magnificient portrait. This is the HB Australia that I love, producing unique covers instead of reprinting US edition's mess by Terry

 

[jexxica]

I think this is beautiful

 

[hexagon sun]

Gorgeous and very natural. Nicole looks lovely

 

[congacon]

so gorgeous!!!!!

 

[KoV]

This is stunning. I'm the first to be annoyed when I think celebrities are hawking their families in the name of fame, but I just can't argue that, whatever her intentions, the result makes for a beautiful photograph. I think the child's head turned away makes it more effective and gives it a more "private" or intimate feel, as though when he look at the feature inside we'll see something people don't get to see. I don't want to be too dramatic, but this may be my favorite Nicole cover ever.

 

[MON]

Magnificent! How beautiful can this get? Amazing!

 

[YourMonster]

I love this cover although it strikes me more as the kind of cover I'd expect to see from Vanity Fair. It just has that VF essence. But other than that, it's one of their best covers in years!

 

[iriswills]

Wow, can I actually enjoy seeing Nicole again? I wish more covers looked like this.

 

[AL92]

Absolutely beautiful image...so serene and raw BUT the text looks dated and undesirable

 

[Miss Dalloway]

This is really beautiful, they captured a great moment.

 

[clo]

What a beautiful cover! Nicole looks so motherly.

 

[YoninahAliza]

That is a stunning cover. Probably one of the most natural and relaxed celebrity covers I've seen in years. Normally I get irritated when celebrities have their children on magazine covers with them/in editorials because it seems so exploitive but in this case it doesn't bother me. It just looks like a natural shot of a mother and daughter. Almost like it was taken on a whim and then used as a cover, which I really like.

 

[justaguy]

This is beautiful! A very nice unexpected natural looking shot.

 

[Deleted member 1957]

love it! very graceful cover

 

[ckgirlbr]

This is just stunning. I like it that they didn't show the baby's face. Well, Will Davidson shot this...

 

[VogueDisciple93]

Absolutely beautiful image!