Friday, June 12, 2020

[brilliant critique of Vogue's whitewashed covers]


"Being black is not a crime" - Vogue critique by Salma Noor, showing black person in white dress photoshopped onto a Vogue cover, with the words "Being black is not a crime".

"Oslo-based student Salma Noor posted her own version of a Vogue cover on June 2, with the cover line “Being black is not a crime” in support of Black Lives Matter. Noor modeled for the alternative cover herself, with the help of photographer @calvin. Little did she know that the trend would go insanely viral days later—thanks in part to a June 6 internal memo from Vogue‘s editor-in-chief herself, Anna Wintour." (source)

Salma's action started a trend where people of colour did the same, tagging their images with #VogueChallenge. 

Here's another example, this one from Seyi. @Mr__Oseyi a Photographer|Cinematographer|Creative & Film Director |Co-founder @hangsandcolors:

#VogueChallenge image by Seyi. @Mr__Oseyi, showing black person in red dress photoshopped onto Vogue Cover.


Check out more examples of other people of colour creating new and diverse Vogue covers, on Twitter.

No comments:

Post a Comment