Art Prof To Annie Leibowitz : Can You Make LeBron Look Less Beastly Next Time?
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From ABC News’ Sheila Makar :
They’re two of the most beautiful people on earth. But some say the Vogue photograph, shot by Annie Leibovitz, isn’t attractive at all because of the racial stereotype it purportedly evokes — black beast clutching a white damsel in distress, reflected in French sculptor Emmanuel Fremiet ’s 1887 statue “Gorilla Carrying Off ...
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LeBron's Vogue Cover Spurs Controversy
Published 3/20/2008 by Tom Ziller at FanHouse
Filed under: Cavaliers, NBA Media Watch, ClevelandThe cover of Vogue's April issue -- featuring an Annie Leibowitz photo of LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen, seen to the right -- has been thoroughly digested by this point. But the backlash against the imagery is coming to a head today. ABC News's Sheila Marikar (via CSTB) spoke with art professor Jason Rosenfeld of Marymount Manhattan College about the image's racial undertones. "It's one thing to have an athlete in that kind of pose and with that kind of ...
