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The Oscar Race, Pt. 1. ”One upon a time, the Hollywood portrait demanded a certain level of glamour—usually achieved with dramatic lighting and lavish styling. No more: To open it’s annual ’Hollywood Portfolio’, Vanity Fair went with a dressed-down Annie Leibovitz shot of the creative trio behind...

The Oscar Race, Pt. 1. ”One upon a time, the Hollywood portrait demanded a certain level of glamour—usually achieved with dramatic lighting and lavish styling. No more: To open it’s annual ’Hollywood Portfolio’, Vanity Fair went with a dressed-down Annie Leibovitz shot of the creative trio behind...

The Oscar Race, Pt. 1 Photo by Annie Leibovitz The Oscar Race, Pt. 2 Photo by Rankin The Oscar Race, Pt. 3 Photo by Tim Walker The Oscar Race, Pt. 4 Photo by Peter Hapak The Oscar Race, Pt. 7 Photo by Peter Hapak The Swimsuit Issue Photo by Raphael Mazzucco Award Controversy Photos by Damon Winter Award Controversy Photos by Damon Winter Award Controversy. Photos by Damon Winter, New York Times. Pakistan Photos by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Pakistan Photos by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Pakistan. Photos by Muhammed Muheisen/AP, Boston Globe.
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The Oscar Race, Pt. 1 Photo by Annie Leibovitz The Oscar Race, Pt. 1. ”One upon a time, the Hollywood portrait demanded a certain level of glamour—usually achieved with dramatic lighting and lavish styling. No more: To open it’s annual ’Hollywood Portfolio’, Vanity Fair went with a dressed-down Annie Leibovitz shot of the creative trio behind... The Oscar Race, Pt. 2 Photo by Rankin The Oscar Race, Pt. 2. ”A couple of years ago, Helen Mirren won a Best Actress Oscar for playing Queen Elizabeth II, and now everyone is laying odds that Colin Firth will get a Best Actor award for playing her father, George VI, in The King’s Speech. British photographer Rankin gave Firth the old... The Oscar Race, Pt. 3 Photo by Tim Walker The Oscar Race, Pt. 3. ”After playing such a badass in those Harry Potter movies, Helena Bonham Carter got to be a sweetheart again when she played George VI’s wife, Elizabeth, in The King’s Speech. Walker’s photo seems to a a visual recognition of her versatility.” Photo by Tim Walker, Vanity Fa... The Oscar Race, Pt. 4 Photo by Peter Hapak The Oscar Race, Pt. 4. ”This photo of Jesse Eisenberg takes non-glamour to a new level, but of course it’s just the actor in character as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.” Photo by Peter Hapak, Time, February 21. The Oscar Race, Pt. 7 Photo by Peter Hapak The Oscar Race, Pt. 5. ”Actress Hailee Steinfeld is definitely not in character in this picture. The breakout star of the year, she played a gritty young girl in the Coen brothers’ remake of True Grit, but Hapak shot her looking like an angel.” Photo by Peter Hapak, Time, February 21, 2011. The Swimsuit Issue Photo by Raphael Mazzucco The Swimsuit Issue. ”Long, long ago, the editors of Sports Illustrated learned that gazillions of men became depressed during the period between the end of the NFL football season and the beginning of the NCAA college basketball tournament in March. So they invented the Swimsuit Issue, which is n... Award Controversy Photos by Damon Winter Award Controversy. ”This is the time of year when photography’s major awards start to get handed out, too. One award has already caused controversy: New York Times photographer Damon Winter won third place for feature picture story from Picture of the Year International for a images he made while... Award Controversy Photos by Damon Winter Award Controversy. Photos by Damon Winter, New York Times. Award Controversy. Photos by Damon Winter, New York Times. Award Controversy. Photos by Damon Winter, New York Times. Pakistan Photos by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Pakistan. ”A remarkable set of images depicting daily life in Islamabad and in slums on the outskirts of the city.” Photos by Muhammed Muheisen/AP, Boston Globe. Pakistan Photos by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Pakistan. Photos by Muhammed Muheisen/AP, Boston Globe. Pakistan. Photos by Muhammed Muheisen/AP, Boston Globe. Pakistan. Photos by Muhammed Muheisen/AP, Boston Globe.