So Lebron is on the cover of Vogue. Controversy abounds!
People's first reaction was that it was a racist image, and equated black athletes to raging, uncontrollable beasts .
Well, it turns out, they were right .
Famed photographer Annie Liebowitz made a sly homage to an inconic image from the early 1900s.
Is it racist? Artistic? You decide...
posted by Smoove_j @ 11:35 PM
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2 Comments:
The Guardian made mention of this in their supplement last week. They however, focused on the King Kong aspect. What I don't understand is how LeBron got talked into it... Oh, wait a minute, he's barely in his twenties and probably has a hard time remembering what an LP is so understanding a 70 year old reference might not come to mind.
DOD
I thinks this is racist and I don't know if you have seen other photo's Annie Liebowtiz has taken but they all seem questionable. Like the one on the cover of Vanity Fair with Maya Angelou and Madonna.(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1323/533650677_3017b480d0.jpg) I personally think they should have switched positions, Angelou looks very sad, she is looking down, Madonna's got her nose in the air, with a tight grip on Maya's arm. It's all a bit questionable if you asked me.
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