WSJ Magazine October 2015 : Kate Winslet by Willy Vanderperre

[Marc10]

 

[gazebo]

Pretty nice.

 

[kokobombon]

I like the styling but this is just so white, it kinda hurts my eyes to look at it.

 

[Benn98]

Crikey! I get that it's a Willy Vanderperre cover, meaning 'clinical, bare, raw' would've been on the moodboard. But this is even more severe and blindingly whiter than Gigi's Elle Canada cover? Is this a thing now? It just doesn't make any form of impact on me, I'm afraid.

 

[Marc10]

I like the styling but this is just so white, it kinda hurts my eyes to look at it.

I think it's just the quality of the pic.

 

[ellastica]

The over-exposed quality of the lighting is quite jarring at the same time it does create the illusion of eerily smooth, texture-less skin.

Perhaps that was intentional? I suppose overall lighting manipulation is less misleading to the eye/psyche than outright targeted, fillling in of wrinkles, pores etc. I fiddled around very briefly with Photoshop in design school but was never very keen on the entire premise and motivation of it's use to enhance/ completely alter human faces and bodies.

I do wonder who has control of retouching; if it is indeed "post production" or does the entire creative team ( in addition to the photographer) involved in the given shoot have some kind of input?

I do find it interesting that in fashion editorials "simple" is most often used as a byword for austere minimalism.

Anywoo I do love the way Kate's meticulously groomed brows mirrors the descender in the WSJ. logo. Even the period in WSJ. appears to be leading the eye to her mole. The only source of shadow in the form of liner rimming her eyes.

 

[HeatherAnne]

Not a fan of Kate, but I love the concept of the bare minimal coloring.

 

[happycanadian]

not at all a fan of this cover. waaayyy too severe and white and clinical.

she's a gorgeous woman, and typically photographs incredibly well. this just missed the mark, in my opinion.

 

[VogueGirl8910]

Typical Vanderperre, but Kate looks gorgerous.

 

[justaguy]

I do like the concept, if this were for a cool makeup editorial, but for a cover this is just too sterile and cold.

 

[t-rex]

California
Photographed by Zoe Ghertner
Styled by Brian Molloy
Model Olympia Campbell




totalworld

Is there any site that lets you read the WSJ magazine online? T Magazine for example, can be read at http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/t-magazine/past-issues.html?_r=1& . Thanks!