US Harper's Bazaar November 2017 : Angelina Jolie by Alexi Lubomirski

[vogue28]

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[caioherrero]

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This is so good, but for an anniversary issue is so bland...

 

[dodencebt]

I guess it's fine but the photoshop around Angelina and the leopard ruins it for me. Does whoever edited the shot even know the basic thing about shadows?

 

[Miss Dalloway]

Easily, one of the best celeb covers they have done in Glenda's time! Nice to see they stepped it up for the Anniversary issue. Who knew we would ever see a HB cover with a full lenght shot! I do wonder if that is just sub, which lose cool points!

And even more so Jolie, in an actual shoot!! The last time Glenda had her on the cover was when she used a Getty Images paparazzi shot of her.

 

[KateIsGr8]

Thank you Bazaar for sacrificing yourself. So glad she’s not on Vogue, I’ve never found Angelina to be a great actress or very fashionable. Sure, her charity work is amazing but not the reason I buy fashion magazines.

 

[MON]

Is it a lovely photo? Of course it is. She looks absolutely gorgeous.

Is this an anniversary cover I would pay for? Nope. For a celebratory cover, it is indeed weak.

 

[kokobombon]

That is the subscriber´s cover, isn´t it? it´s ok imo, I´m more interested to see newsstand´s though...

 

[magsaddict]

Glenda has pulled it off with this one - tasteful yet striking, referential but instantly iconic. If this is the newsstand cover it's a real collector's edition. From the looks of the edit it's also been done very consciously and appropriately, because it really is such a fine line between respectful and tone deaf, and fashion magazines doing these kinds of glossy shoots in impoverished regions often fall into the latter category. Angelina's VF story was so polarising in its reception i'm actually interested to read this one, and i suspect many will be picking it up from the newsstand for the same reason.

 

[AD011620]

Gosh, they really need to end this excuses for arty covers... they always end up looking cheesy...

 

[Marc10]

Ugh that picture with the tribal people is so cringeworthy, why is this concept still a thing?

 

[Zorka]

I've been massive Angie's fan since she adopted Maddox (and finished with whole that crazy period of her life), so I'm looking forward to this!

 

[Benn98]

I'm really not her biggest fan, but I must say I like the cover. I's like something we should be seeing for Louis Vuitton Spirit of Travel. And Porter must be gutted because that third shot was certainly meant for their cover. Overall it's a nice set and she looks at ease. Not worthy of an anniversary issue though.

Ugh that picture with the tribal people is so cringeworthy, why is this concept still a thing?

Yeah, it is very cringey! Even though I'm certain she was very earnest, can't believe they went ahead and printed this. Also, am I the only one who's a bit bothered by the fact that Alexei got this big scoop??

 

[mepps]

It's a beautiful cover and I love Angelina, but the tribal photo bothers me.

 

[Deleted member 45369]

I don't mind the tribal shot because this is Angelina. It's not some actress just going there for a safari photo shoot. This is someone who actually has ties to the country and does interact with the locals in her regular life. So the interaction to me does seem more genuine in this case.

 

[tigerrouge]

This sort of bland glamour is Bazaar-by-numbers, although it is strange to see Angelina on the cover of their 'true' anniversary issue, when (as Benn98 pointed out) the actress has never really been a Bazaar-favoured star.

 

[happycanadian]

I don't mind the tribal shot because this is Angelina. It's not some actress just going there for a safari photo shoot. This is someone who actually has ties to the country and does interact with the locals in her regular life. So the interaction to me does seem more genuine in this case.

Agree with this completely. This is a woman who adopted a child from that country, who champions philanthropic efforts there, etc etc. Nothing exploitative or cringey in my opinion.

LOVE the cover. Beautiful and cinematic and wild and defiant (basically everything Angelina haha). I always enjoy seeing these kinds of on-location shoots. The 3rd shot would make a fantastic WSJ cover.

 

[vogue28]

Who knew we would ever see a HB cover with a full lenght shot! I do wonder if that is just sub, which lose cool points!

The cover in #1 is indeed the newsstand cover. Alexi Lubomirski just posted the cover for subscribers which is the same full-length shot but with gold fonts and a slightly different layout instead:

 

[MON]

The layout in the subscribers' cover is 100000x better than the newsstands one which feels empty -- not in a good way

However, I get why they didn't pick that for the newsstand, its fair similar to Vogue's 125th Anniversary layout

 

[Fiercification]

I like the cover, but the whole editorial concept is beyond trite...especially in 2017.

 

[HeatherAnne]

I like the cover, but the whole editorial concept is beyond trite...especially in 2017.

Agree, overplayed to the core.