Magazine photos like these are constructs. Like any other manipulated images or artwork, constructs are a form of abstraction used to represent ideas. Constructs can just as easily be used to embody the ideals of a humanistic philosophy, a political belief or an artistic interpretation of some other aspect of life (paintings), as to promote the world celebrity (and thus sell magazines). Any of these kinds of constructs can be done well or badly.

Always though the question for me is, what are you looking to embody or promote about this world we all share in your construct? What does how you form or manipulate your images reveal about that focus of attention? Who does it benefit? (ok, that's three questions).

Curiously, I find the way these magazines deal with their focus is somewhat appropriate for the subject matter, creating artificial (fake?) icons of a world of that very few of us will ever experience but crave (for whatever reason). The form reveals the true face of celebrity and how that artificial world operates, if you're looking for it.

That's how I see it...kinda.

 

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