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Amber Rose channels Grace Jones in an incredible pose inspired by Jean-Paul Goude’s iconic ’80s photo. The image was featured on Kanye West’s new Web site, KanyeWest.com, launched yesterday. His site appears to be mostly artsy–and heavily photo driven, unlike his KanyeUniverseCity.com known for its ALL CAPS blabberings.
What do you think? HOT, right? GlobalGrind suggests that Photoshop played a heavy hand in the image, as Amber’s pose is (mostly) humanly impossible without props. The original image of Grace Jones, shot by her then-lover graphic designer/photographer Goude, was pieced together after snapping Jones in a variety of positions, using boxes to lift her body. On making the photo, he explained:
“Unless you are extraordinarily supple, you cannot do this arabesque. The main point is that Grace couldn’t do it, and that’s the basis of my entire work: creating a credible illusion.”
And this isn’t the first time Amber Rose has paid homage to Grace Jones’ work. In the September 2009 issue of Complex, she was featured in a Jones themed shoot.
I put some of those images after the jump! Lots of butt cracks and side boobs. NSFW-ish
[...] pays homage to Grace Jones. View the full set and amazing info about the original shot by Grace here. I had no clue that the original shots were pieced together, I always thought that woman was super [...]
Still think Grace Jones does it better. Good try though, Amber Rose lol
[...] Jones in his new Twitter profile pic. I say he should do it again, only this time he should wear exactly what Grace is wearing. Click here to cancel [...]
Grace Jones’s images are very powerful and just a little scary as well. I don’t get the same sense from Amber’s efforts….they are not original ideas as they have been done before and done better.They really are just photos, with a bit of P.Shop here and there. No power, no superiority and certainly not scary.