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Well, are you saying that the editors at Vogue used this portrait instead of this one:



...because they wanted to portray this black man in a stereotypical way?

Or because they were subconsciously motivated by stereotypes to do so?

Here's a link to more shots from this project (where I found the portrait above):

http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/0...lideshow1.html

Also, there is one more to thing to consider, purely from an esthetic sensibility, putting the race and gender of the subjects completely aside, the shot they used is a really great portrait. It's a great shot the way it has captured action and character and from an appreciative standpoint, I like it better than any of the other studio shots in the slideshow above.

So again, I would need to hear something from Anna Wintour at Vogue or Annie Liebovitz saying that they used this image in a political way to make a statement either way about racial stereotypes. I cannot bring myself to believe that they would willingly want to promote the negative stereotype of a black man they were putting on their cover.

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