Modern art! Winnie Harlow is transformed into the Mona Lisa as models tackle the classics
Long before the modern day cult of celebrity even took root, the Mona Lisa's mysteriously beguiling expression made her world famous.
And Leonardo da Vinci's 600-year-old oil painting proved the inspiration for model Winnie Harlow's latest assignment, for the November edition of U.S. Harper's Bazaar.
The 23-year-old Canadian was shot by photographer Pari Dukovic in character as the much parodied painting by the Italian Renaissance master.
Modern art! Winnie Harlow is transformed into the Mona Lisa as models tackle the classics for the November edition of U.S. Harper's Bazaar
Brought to life: The 23-year-old Canadian recreated the much parodied painting by the Italian Renaissance master
Talking to the magazine, the America's Next Top Model alum, addressed the way strangers make assumptions about her based solely on her appearance.
She suffers from the skin condition vitiligo.
'People come up to me all the time, like, "Oh, you know there’s a treatment, right?" But why would I want to be any other way?'
Evocative: The unusual feature for the magazine also saw 20-year-old model Halima Ade recreate 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's oil, Girl With A Pearl Earring
Landmark moment: A hijab-wearing Muslim, Halima said that she had not previously exposed her ear during her modelling work
The unusual feature for the magazine also saw 20-year-old model Halima Ade recreate 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's oil, Girl With A Pearl Earring.
A hijab-wearing Muslim, Halima said that she had not previously exposed her ear during her modelling work.
'I have both my ears pierced, but I’d never shown them before. It was just for me,' she told the magazine.
Inspired: Also posing as a painting was Hari Nef, who recreated John Singer Sargent's 1884 oil painting Madame X or Portrait of Madame X
Spoke to her: She said she was drawn to the apparent disinterest of the original model, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau
Also posing as a painting was transgender model Hari Nef, who recreated John Singer Sargent's 1884 oil painting Madame X or Portrait of Madame X.
She said she was drawn to the apparent disinterest of the original model, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau.
Said Hari, 24: 'You can be in a beautiful dress with your skin exposed and be very sensual, but it doesn’t mean you have to lock eyes with the first Tom, Dick, or Harry you see. Maybe you just want to stare at the wall.'
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