June 07, 2007

20 Covers Featuring Some Pretty Important People - Some Talented, Some Just Pretty, Some Just Famous...plus a Dumb Guy


Vanity Fair opened it's editorial offices to St. Bono who edited the mag's new "Africa" issue. As usual, photographer Annie Leibovitz was brought in to shoot a butt-load of famous people. The results are an unprecedented 20 covers, capturing "a visual chain letter," says Leibovitz, "spreading the message (of "the challenge, the promise, and the future of Africa") from person to person to person." The result? Some interesting pairings:

AliOprahMayaJay-ZBonoRice

Most of the participants were paired with people they might not usually be connected with, but apparently Condi requested that she be teamed up with her husband boss:

Bush

And somehow Desmond Tutu ended up drawing the short straw, seen here praying that the man next to him goes away very, very soon:

Tutu

To view all 20 covers, go here.

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