Had to post up these photos from US Vogue, published in June 2007 and featuring Keira Knightley hanging with the Massai on safari in Kenya. Not only did the shoot attract criticism for featuring a baby elephant modelling a Louis Vuitton blanket, the story (shot by Arthur Elgort, US Vogue'sgo-to photographer for exotic location stories, and styled by his close collaborator, USVogue Fashion Director Grace Coddington, ) caused controversy in the blogosphere for visually recreating colonial power dynamics. Why is it that critical voices come only from the blogging world? Why isn't the mainstream media picking up on these stories and creating wider debate and discussion?
Read some of the coverage the story received here:
http://www.racialicious.com/2007/08/18/vogues-glorification-of-colonial-racism/
http://www.annansi.com/blog/index.php?s=dosunmu
http://jezebel.com/261592/anna-wintours-heart-of-darkness
© all photos US Vogue
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