Models dyed Black
November 6, 2009MODELS DYED BLACK
Stirring up controversy...
Just two weeks ago, Vogue Paris stirred up controversy for coloring
Lara Stone’s skin into a dark, nearly black tan for an editorial
photographed by Steven Klein.
It’s a misstep on Carine’s part that the spread is linked with racism.
If they would like to feature a black model for a supermodel issue,
they could get Naomi or Liya at any time. However, there is not a
single black model in this issue.
But seeing this from an artistic perspective, they are probably
trying to do something different with Lara because she already had one
entire issue dedicated to her, and therefore a fresher, newer look had
to be used for Lara’s future spreads if they were to feature her again
and again - something team Vogue Paris loves to do. For example, she
went brunette for the September main story.
Darkening a model’s skin tone is one of Steven Klein’s trademarks.
Remember this Vogue US 2008 September issue spread he shot, where
Caroline Trentini was dyed black?
And check out the power model twins Donna and Gwen Loos in a spread
together for Dutch Glamour (not by Klein, though). Donna (or Gwen?) is
in black.
Depending on how people see it, colouring a model’s skin tone is quite a risky thing to do these days, no?
Article excerpted from rockthetrend.com
My opinion is that this is beautiful photography and an extremely creative, I love it and I want to see more medels dyed black ;)
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