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

[jal718]

Really horrible

 

[aracic]

Hands down the worst photographer working in fashion right now.

She seems to be wrestling with Nigel Shafran for that position, in my opinion. Megan's a beautiful woman and I don't hate this photoshoot, but she looks exhausted in most of the shots. Undoubtedly my least favorite cover she scored so far!

And where is this magazine going? I hate myself for saying this, but I miss Glenda's Bazaar. It was recognisable, perhaps for the wrong reasons but she was consistent. It wasn't always bad, it was fashion in her own cheap, shallow sense. The last couple of covers are so forgettable that I couldn't tell you who was on them last month and I have absolutely no recollection of what editorials were inside. It's lost and it feels the most random.

 

[caioherrero]

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

Me too. I was waiting for some glamour. But it’s lost like Elle

 

[Mihail Mihailov]

looks like TIME cover these days.... not impressed by almost anything for 2021...so so sad

 

[mepps]

Collier Schorr is so awful and dire. I will never understand how she has a career in fashion photography.
She is the embodiment of mediocrity, and the perfect example of a white person who should never be allowed to photograph black people.
Megan is a beautiful woman, but in these pictures every ounce of life is sucked out of her, in these dull dry pictures.

 

[aracic]

the perfect example of a white person who should never be allowed to photograph black people.

Oh please, this applies to any race when it comes to Collier. The woman worked with Claudia goddamn Schiffer and made her look like cr*p.

 

[Deleted member 45369]

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

I believe it used to be called Resting B*tch Face. Not sure it’s politically correct these days.

 

[MON]

What on earth? Reminds me of the early days of Radhika’s Vanity Fair -dry and short lived

 

[Serend1pity]

I love Meg but this is a huge NO

 

[badgalcrush]

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.

Thank you for this point , this is just a waste and what could have been a stellar cover with another photographer turned into a disaster.
Megan is far from being a dull subject to photograph , it's the worst ever shot I saw of her , you can clearly see she was bored and not comfortable in front of Collier lens please go back to Interview Magazine.

Even Megan instagram pictures with minimal make up are far better than this ...

So disappointing , ANY OTHER photographers would have made this much better ( ex : Dua Lipa by LaChapelle )

 

[Deleted member 45369]

What on earth? Reminds me of the early days of Radhika’s Vanity Fair -dry and short lived

Yup, Samira and Collier were responsible for the look of those issues too.

 

[Deleted member 1957]

Why are the pics so rigid and lifeless in the face? I dont mind the orange and black but the pistures are really dull only one I like is where she's sitting in a yellow dress. I watched the video and unfortunately its the same thing, there was no chemistry between her and the photog

 

[SLFC]

Might be cancelling my subscription after this, what a waste of space.

 

[RedSmokeRise]

they've managed to suck all the life and fun out of her persona!

 

[axiomatic]

Megan is a beautiful woman, but in these pictures every ounce of life is sucked out of her, in these dull dry pictures.

they've managed to suck all the life and fun out of her persona!

Megan Thee Stallion fans slam 'bland' magazine photo shoot that she helped edit

Rapper Megan Thee Stallion is on the March cover of Harper’s Bazaar, but her fans are pretty disappointed with the subdued pictorial, adding her to a growing list of prominent Black women whose recent magazine covers have fired up discourse about how their dynamism is downplayed.

The 26-year-old “Savage” emcee didn’t seem to mind, though, and shared the photos on her Instagram account Friday. She captioned the images “UNSTOPPABLE HOTTIES IM ON THE COVER OF @harpersbazaarus,” and many of her followers praised her natural look and flawless finish.

For the record:

2:27 PM, Feb. 19, 2021 A previous version of this story incorrectly referred to photographer Collier Schorr as “he” and “his” rather than “she” and “her.”

She apparently reviewed and helped edit the photos, Collier Schorr, the photographer who shot them, revealed not long after the images lit up social media.

But that adulation wasn’t conveyed in other commentary on the photos. In fact, the criticism dramatically diverged from the exultant nature of the magazine’s cover story about Megan being at the top of her artistic game, finishing college and “defending her right to be young, Black, and free.”

Instagram and Twitter users called photographer Schorr’s minimalist photo shoot boring, bland and messy — despite the high-fashion styling by Samira Nasr that featured Megan modeling Alaïa, Chanel, Prada and Saint Laurent.

Similarly, Vogue was recently dragged for its cover shoot of Vice President Kamala Harris and last year’s cover featuring Olympic gymnast Simone Biles.

In July, Vanity Fair was briefly celebrated for enlisting Dario Calmese as the first Black photographer to shoot a cover for the mag. But Calmese’s striking photos of Oscar winner Viola Davis were swiftly criticized when he revealed that the cover image was a re-creation of “The Scourged Back,” a harrowing 1863 photograph of a formerly enslaved man.

It’s unclear what inspired Schorr for Harper’s Bazaar, though it was clear that some fans weren’t buying what she was selling.

One Twitter user wrote that the magazine should be “ashamed” for making “a young vibrant woman look all washed out” and accused the professional photographer of shooting images that were worse than selfies. Others called for Schorr to be fired.

“The quality of the pics could’ve been better,” wrote a commenter on the Shade Room’s post. Another commenter said: “Something is off,” while someone else chimed in with “Wtf that don’t even look like Meg”

Reps for Megan Thee Stallion and Harper’s Bazaar did not immediately respond to The Times’ requests for comment.

In a statement posted on her Instagram account Friday, Schorr said that the rapper had a hand in editing the images after she shot them.

“A most remarkable experience making pictures with Megan Thee Stallion who discussed each picture and edited afterwards with me,” Schorr wrote. “In charge of her self❤️Total collaboration as it should be to make together new images of her at this moment in her life. The styling by @samiranasr allowed for all the play and exploration. Grateful to work this way. Sharing visions.”

The general consensus praised the way Schorr preserved Megan’s natural look. But others still dragged the photographer for missing the mark.

Incidentally, Megan’s interview with writer Lauren Michele Jackson discussed the tension of being “the alter ego of the glossy star” and how the artist has been experimenting with a softer, more natural approach to her makeup: “Can’t nobody tell me how to be the Hot Girl,” the rapper said.

The interview is the latest in the “Hot Girl Summer” and “WAP” emcee’s traumatic and transformative year, which comes just ahead of her getting her degree in health administration and vying for a best new artist Grammy next month.

“I’m realizing that I don’t have to be in full glam every time you see me, because I’m just getting more comfortable with myself and more comfortable with my skin,” Megan said in the interview. “I know that I’m a person that everybody looks to, and they’re like, ‘Oh, Megan, she’s a confident woman. She’s so strong.’ But you have to go through things to become that person.”

Jackson wrote in her profile: “Her control has been hard-won. She may not always get to decide what narratives follow her image, but the Megan we see is the Megan she wants to be.”

And yet that doesn’t seem to be the version fans expect to see. Here are more reactions to the Harper’s Bazaar pictorial.

 

[dfl-001]

Come 'the f_-k' on!
You're professionals. Give the woman some direction so she'll look her best.
This is absolutely abysmal!
Clearly Schorr is a student of Annie Leibovitz's 'dead soul' photography.

 

[Fiercification]

Good cover choice but they messed a great opportunity up. Why do you hire Collier Schorr at all, let alone for this assignment? Megan looks washed out and tired in all the photos. I'm going to wait to see what's inside before forming a judgment, as Samira has managed to create a handful of good editorials so far, but decisions to work with this lenswoman baffle me to no end. Imagine if Rafael had shot this (I guess he's in the process of getting poached by Condé).

 

[mikel]

I’m underwhelmed and I blame Collier Schorr.

 

[Wagon1974]

The whole “no makeup” makeup look makes her appearance as though she’s washed up and tired. No she doesn’t need cake loads of makeup, she’s naturally beautiful, but something looks off here. She looks like she was over this shoot before it began because the one facial expression says it all.

 

[newton91]

damn collier schorr should stop. no depth, not flattering, just flat photography.