Vanity Fair is really into recycling but not in the “green” sense.
In the upcoming March issue Annie Leibovitz photographs 10 partnerships -- from
Gus Van Sant and
Sean Penn to
John Patrick Shanley and
Meryl Streep,
-- that helped generate more than four dozen Oscar nominations this season, reports Vanity Fair.
Except, there are 11 photos, not 10. Thrown into the middle of the feature is a shot of
Heath Ledger and Dark Knight director
Christopher Nolan.
The obvious question being, where did the photo come from? VF went into their archives and recycled from 2005.
The shot of Ledger was apparently taken while he was promoting Brokeback Mountain and digitally added Nolan, reports Yahoo! Online.
Magazine reps insist they took great care and worked "with permission."
Less controversial but still odd was Vanity Fair's cover shot of President Obama from the same March issue. The photo was originally taken back in 2007 and was actually on the cover for a special issue on Africa.
Unlike the Ledger photo with a second added subject, Obama's photo redux digitally removed actor
Don Cheadle.
http://www.hollywood.com/news/Vanity_Fair_Doctored_Ledger_Photos/5391750
