Harper's Bazaar China May 2012 : Victoria Beckham by Chen Man

[danberry]

via weibo

 

[Srdjan]

Hair colour sucks. Otherwise, it would be a great cover.

 

[Melancholybaby]

Victoria looks like an evil cartoon character.

 

[mikel]

^Indeed, like something out of Final Fantasy. Can't imagine she approved this.

 

[Psylocke]

OMG I love this, that's a completely amazing and fun cover Victoria pulls that theme off perfectly, who would have thought. She looks stunning and the styling is beyond. I can't believe two of Vic's covers are among my favorites of the year so far

 

[chanelh]

this is just ridiculous, such a big joke

 

[Miss Dalloway]

This is brilliant, show me another celeb who is THIS willing to play with their image! Its like a cartoon video game character, she is ready to take **** down! So unexpected, when i clicked on the thread i expected her vamping it up again for the cover. She has this "Evil Queen" vibe, and they used it perfectly here.

Wonder who shot it? Cuz i dont think that is a reprint....

 

[JoeHsiang]

^by ChenMan without a doubt


via blog.sina.com.cn/chenman

 

[Bertrando3]

WOW it looks PERFECT!!!! I LOOOOOOOVE this! She looks crazy cool, love the hair, the fierceness and power she oozes on that front cover! She looks evil and glamorous, I love the effect and the styling too! GREAT WORK!

 

[Bertrando3]

OMG those other covers look great as well! I knew Chen Man shot those, it had her vibe, she is such a genius photographer! Also I think it's really nice to see Victoria with a different image that the one we're so used to.

 

[Miss Dalloway]

So there are 3 covers, why? I think while she looks beautiful in other two (showing different emotion in each), the first one is imo the best, the most striking, and edgy, its not half pretty, half trying to be edgy, so not necessary to do several, just use the other shots inside.

Thanks for the photographer info, and posting the Hqs JoeHsiang.

 

[JoeHsiang]

There's only one cover,she just added the magazine logo on the editorial pics in order to identify imo.

 

[Miss Dalloway]

Oh right, that does make sense then.

 

[Chanelcouture09]

I really love this, It's such a contrast to the usual way she's portrayed within editorials, the red hair surprisingly suits her!

 

[liberty33r1b]

weird look, but not in a good way....

 

[missnyc]

Woow it is so different than what she uses to do! I love it!

 

[Ives927]

This is absolutely stunning. This is so different from what you see on newsstands, especially in the sea of homogenized celebrity covers. The photography, styling, and art direction is so refreshing, and to know this is from a Chinese edition, we really should be applauding this so much more. Clearly, the idea is to transform Victoria into some sort of video game character, which is really relevant in the Asian market. I, for one, would love to see more magazines take risks like this, especially for a celebrity. Chen Man is simply brilliant.

 

[Bruggelidda]

I don't like it, imo she looks ugly. The aesthetic is cool but I think it would work better in another person.

 

[Deleted member 1957]

I like it especially the Asian influence

 

[fluxxx]

strangely I love it. Something different from Mrs. Beckham and it's very striking