US Harpers Bazaar has released a sneak-peak at images of supermodels without make-up that will feature in its Sept issue out next week. Fashion photographer Peter Lindberg snapped eight supermodels including Amber Valetta, Cindy Crawford,
Claudia Schiffer, Helena Christensen, Shalom
Harlow and Tatjana Patitz.
You can see two more pix here.
Beautiful. Refreshing.
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I actually feel like seeing these photos of women without makeup has the total opposite affect to that intended. It just ups the stakes. They are flawless without makeup. In comparison, I am a hideous mess with bucket loads of the stuff. Wow, wasn’t that empowering!?
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Honestly, I don’t understand why most women feel they need to wear makeup when most of us look fine – even better – without it.
These women look lovely. Personally, I think the made-up look is fake, and natural is more beautiful.
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Realistically, most women aren’t absolutely breathtakingly gorgeous without a dash of makeup- (cases in point above- not bad looking without it, but just not as beautiful as with)… If you’re a mum, unless youre one of those freaks who’s kid has been sleeping thru since they were a week old (and no, I dont want to hear that), then quite frankly, hand me the undereye concealer. After a recent snidey remark from a so called girlfriend “you dont have to weat THAT much makeup” I was especially self loathing. And then I thought, you know what, I look better with a bit of face magic, if you think lipstick, mascara and a bit of blush is too much, then you’re on planet denial. And anyway, you cant improve ugly; at least Ive got something to work with, my dear friend!
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The do look good dont they (envious much?) but I have to say the black and white does help with this… I’d like to see them in colour… but even still, I bet they look good!
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Pretty much everyone looks better with less or even no makeup. Not just super models.
That’s not to say grooming is not important – it is. Its just that most women (and some men) pluck and tweeze and redraw far too much. Natural is best.
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The photo’s are nice … but they don’t look THAT good … these are women with access to the best beauty treatments (invasive and non invasive) in the world … they have worked in an industry that requires them to look good for over 20 years … quite frankly I would expect some of them to look better.
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Good bone structure is usually said about high cheek bones. But I guess it could mean if you have a large forehead then you have have complimentary small features….I looked at these models and only the last one on left has the classic cheek bone thing. Claudia is sorely lacking in any bones structure, hence using her mouth shape to give her some. Also a feminine jawline (not too square/large) may also denote good bone structure. I used to lament that my cheek bones were not visible enough, it seemed important in my family as my mother and grandmother both had this trait and I knew it meant a good beauty! Couldn’t give a toss now!!!
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I think the photo’s are beautiful, as are the subjects, and this is a great thing for a very high end fashion magazine and the models to do. Truthfully, the fact they are in black and white I never thought was a drawback at all.
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I once looked after Helena at a charity fashion parade – I was her ‘helper’ for the evening. I saw her wandering around in her tights and nothing else backstage. EVERY boy I knew wanted to hear the story over and over and over again. She was as amazing in real life as anyone I have ever seen.
Plus she was the nicest person I could have imagined. Very focussed but so sweet to me (who had absolutely no idea what they were doing and at one point got us both lost backstage trying to find her dressing room). She seems to be one of those women that both men and women agree on!
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What exactly is “good bone structure”?
I hear that alot..but im not quite sure what it actually is lol
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I think these women all look beautiful. As people have said, bone structure counts for a lot. I am in my 30s but I am always mistaken for my early twenties because of my bone structure and clear skin. So black and white photos or colour photos, they are supermodels for a reason.
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Me too. Me too!
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I am so embracing black and white beauty!! What a gorgeous collection of shots. They truly are beautiful women.
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Yes they are shot in exceptionally flattering circumstances, but these ladies have amazing bone structure (and probably access to some very helpful lotions and potions) – As a makeup artist I agree Mungo, a face is like a canvas. And even taking into account the ‘help’ they’ve had, the shots are beautiful.
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I’m in on the Helena bandwagon too!
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Oh come on! These pictures are taken by a professional photographer, with the right lighting, the hair is done properly and of course they are in black and white!! Yes, I am jealous.. I can’t tell a lie.. but it’s good to have some perspective I think
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Yay I love these kind of pictures. No denying though – AMAZING GENES!!
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I think we can all look really beautiful with the right pose and feel. Black and white helps (am photographer), so does good lighting!
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Nice lighting in flawless b&w – helps that the photographer’s not too shabby
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Yes, they are all photoshopped, but you can’t polish a piece of rusted metal. Photoshop can only do so much. Trust me, you don’t want your artists working on the one shoot for too long these days. That’s why you hire the best looking models possible. Magazine budgets have been butchered; there simply aren’t the resources to photoshop someone for hours and hours. A shooter sure ain’t going to have his team work on that for too long these days either.
On a side note: I met Helena @ Palm beach in 1996 and I have to say that I have never seen such an amazing looking woman. Next to the most beautiful woman in my circle of friends she would look almost alien. STUNNING
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Very true Jaz, B&W and lighting etc. do help the cause a lot. But as someone who has done a lot of work with photographers over the years, I know that there really is no substitute for good bone structure and aesthetically pleasing spacing of facial features. Fortunately for these women, they were born with a face that acts as a brilliant canvass.
At the end of the day we’re all born different. Some people are blessed with looks, others are blessed with sporting abilty or an artistic flair. There’s nothing at all wrong with admiring people for this. When it comes to these women, their beauty is like a piece of art.
It would be truly awesome if we could all embrace people for their natural gifts, instead of being jealous of them or getting a complex about them. Then we might be able to stop focussing on what we don’t have, and start to explore and embrace the different natural talents that we are all born with.
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They all do look gorgeous but I think they do have makeup on just not the full works they normally have. This is more the ‘natural’ look but done with makeup nonetheless.
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Didn’t french Vogue or something do this recently with monica bellucci or someone?
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I love seeing photos of supermodels or celebrities with a sister who is similar in age to them. That usually shows you how much work they have had done and how ‘natural’ they really are.
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Agreed
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Agreed
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Exactly
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Exactly
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I think Amber Valetta is one of the most naturally beautiful people. Just stunning.
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I reckon we would all look pretty lovely well lit, in black and white and professionally photographed at flattering angles. Just sayin’
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I’m straight as can be (I think) but I’ve always had a thing for Cindy C. If I could come back looking like anyone it would be her – she’s just absolutely stunning.
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I have always loved Nadja A – so glad to see her included as one of the original supermodels (I checked the images you didn’t show specifically hoping for her). So beautiful with or without makeup.
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they might not be wearing makeup but they are all photoshopped to death! NOTHING goes into a magazine without retouching. fact!
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Come on guys! They are in BLACK AND WHITE and probably all had surgery in some form.
The whole “celebs without makeup” thing is bullshit. Doesnt mean the photographs arent retouched..and besides..anyone who has worked in photoshoots etc would know alot has to do with lighting and different lenses. Dont be fooled!
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I guess this is why they r called supermodels.. * runs off crying with envy*
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Agreed. As a teenage boy she was all over my walls; every available space was covered with even the smallest photo of her ripped from a magazine. I am so impressed by the way she has aged — or her ability not to. I love the fact that she’s never been a diva, has something else in her life — other than modelling — and has time to be a mother.
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I’m with you, Simone. She and Monica Belluci are the two woman I’d trade faces with (and bodies, for that matter) in an instant.
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I know a girl who looks just like helena!
So sososoooo UNFAIR! haha
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I’m quite convinced that Helena is the most beautiful woman in the world. And cool too. I love that she is behind the camera now. Creative chicks rock!
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I’m with Jaz – show us the colour!
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beautiful pictures, beautiful bone structure!
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They are beautiful but yes I agree…it would have been much more convincing if they did the shoot in colour rather than black and white. Skin always looks better in black and white.
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Bone structure and face shape perfection are a bigger help than make up any day, these women hardly need it in the first place so it is no wonder they look good here.
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It’s clearly all about bone structure … and lack of colour! I’m insisting everyone looks at me through black and white lenses from now on!
PS – Claudia Schiffer is looking a whole heap better here than in her recent advertisements. Her face looks less gaunt or something?
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They’re all really stunning…makeup of no makeup
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