US EditionKaroline Leavitt Vanity Fair Photographer Defends His Extreme Close-Up
Vanity Fair's portrait series highlights White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's youth and role during President Trump's second term, featuring an unfiltered close-up by Christopher Anderson.
- Vanity Fair promoted on Instagram a slideshow that opened with an unusually tight close-up of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's face, part of a portrait series on President Donald Trump's second term.
- Christopher Anderson, photographer, defended his close-up style and Vanity Fair editorial team including Mark Guiducci, Claire Howorth, and Jennifer Pastore staged and narrated the shoot with assistants Benjamin Coppola and Trip Peters.
- Leavitt was identified in the profile as the youngest White House press secretary, and the unfiltered close-up emphasizes the contours of her face and her intensely blue eyes and fair skin.
- The portrait prompted intense public scrutiny, with many viewers claiming small dots on Leavitt's lips suggested lip injections; Vanity Fair's global editorial director targeted her, and Instagram commenters called the image `DIABOLICAL.`
- The package positioned Leavitt's persona and credibility by noting commentators framed it amid months of verbal sparring with CNN's Kaitlan Collins, while Mark Guiducci highlighted office decor including a uniformed guard, an American flag throw blanket, pumpkin pillows, and a Bible opened to Proverbs 4.
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The photographer behind the controversial photo, Christopher Anderson, is now speaking out. He wonders about one thing in particular.
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»Vanity Fair« reports about the US president's innermost circle, the pictures are little flattering. Now photographer Christopher Anderson comments on the criticism – and on injection sites on Karoline Leavitt's lips.
Analysis: What these close-up photos of the Trump administration really say
Wide-eyed gazes and blotchy skin. Plump lips and powdery make-up. Photographer Christopher Anderson’s extreme close-ups of President Trump’s inner circle sent the internet alight — and gave an unvarnished look at some of the most powerful people in the country.
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