US Harper's Bazaar March 2021 : Megan Thee Stallion by Collier Schorr

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Like every legacy print publication, Bazaar is having to find a new way — and a new talent pool — in changing times. Both Vogue and Vanity Fair have only recently had Black photographers work on their covers. Bazaar has not. Yet.

The March issue stars Megan Thee Stallion, photographed by Collier Shor. Nasr’s initial impulse was to hire a Black photographer to shoot this Black woman. But she also recognized that there was more to Megan’s story than race. “Megan is about female empowerment and body positivity, and those are a lot of the themes that Collier explores in her work,” Nasr says. “And I was really curious to see [Megan] through a gay, female lens.” For future issues, Nasr has her eye on a roster of young Black photographers, including Shaniqwa Jarvis, John Edmonds, Texas Isaiah and Philip-Daniel Ducasse.

March also includes a story about the Hermès Birkin, a portfolio celebrating the cultural impact of the Studio Museum in Harlem and a piece by the novelist Kaitlyn Greenidge, who also serves as the magazine’s features director.

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Source: Harper's Bazaar website.

 

[amby]

 

[THD96]

I like it, just wish her expression a little more alive. Just wish that US/UK publications have more faith in models and put them on important issues like this. I'm just gonna wait for her first September issue to see if she good or bad.

I'm just appreciate the clean layout and not those headache inducing taglines since Samira takeover.

 

[Marc10]

The makeup, or lack thereof, made her look really washed up here. The expression also looks like she's exhausted.

Disappointing, they could've done so much with her.

 

[gunsnroses]

Both covers are terrible. I’ve never seen Megan look so boring. Perhaps they should have gone with a black photographer

 

[Srdjan]

I love the orange cover, and I think it's the only American cover that works this March. The rest of the photos are quite basic.

BTW, did anyone notice the change in format with their February issue? It's neither as squarish as before, nor it's standard, but somewhere in between.

 

[Benn98]

I like the minimal makeup on her, brings out her beauty. She clearly doesn't need the caked up Kardashian look at all.
As for the 'concept', I'm confused. It's all fun and whatnot to go against the grain with pop stars, but this isn't working and the problem starts and ends with Collier Schorr! Hands down the worst photographer working in fashion right now.

 

[GERGIN]

She literally gives you one facial expression through the entire shoot. I guess you can’t have fun these days..

 

[caioherrero]

So this is the redesign issue?

 

[liberty33r1b]

just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse

 

[Nomar]

I don’t know how anyone can take the cover seriously when they see that micro bag hanging from her waist.

 

[Dana Rode]

I don’t know how anyone can take the cover seriously when they see that micro bag hanging from her waist.

Oh God, I didn't even notice it before, but it sure made me chuckle when I did.

 

[Dana Rode]

Kind of feels like they are trying too hard to make her look editorial although they would gain so much more if they would have embraced her personality. She's gorgeous!

 

[Benn98]

So this is the redesign issue?

Oh yes, it's supposed to be the redesign issue. LOL. Can't tell the difference myself.

 

[Stallonation]

she's serving Jennifer Hudson's resting b*tch face and was she bored or tired or something?

 

[Xone]

So bad pictures...she is so bad in front of the camera....covers and editorials are not for everyone, she didn’t deliver.

 

[thiago:)]

She usually photographs so well... Collier Schorr definitely doesn't help.

Also, the line heights really annoy me. There's no text hierarchy.

 

[reesewu]

The whole thing looks too toned down. No wonder her expressions say “I’m bored” in a lot of the pictures. I still find her GQ cover to be the best she’s ever looked on print. The orange-background photos do look promising if she didn’t look sleepy.