Russian-speaking photographer took Brad Pitt for the cover of a New York magazine: everyone is shocked by what happened

The latest cover of GQ magazine (an international men's magazine published in New York) has gone viral on the Internet. It depicts Brad Pitt, but users hardly recognize their favorite actor in the photo and have already managed to make a fuss about it. Read more about the precedent told the publication Los Angeles Times.

On Wednesday, GQ posted a photo of the movie star. The actor seems to be floating in a dark puddle of flowers on the cover, his face frozen in a blank stare. Pitt spoke to the publication to promote his upcoming action movie Faster than a Bullet, which will premiere in August.

The reaction of the followers to the cover photo was, to put it mildly, not good. Some have compared the actor's pale face to that of a corpse. Several people wrote that they were frightened when they saw the photo of the actor in the social media feed. Someone compared the image to a "wax figure".

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In general, people seemed to be of the opinion that GQ had accomplished the mind-boggling feat of being able to make Pitt - a man known for his handsomeness - look anything but attractive.

“Very upset that GQ killed Brad Pitt and put his dead body on the cover,” wrote Scott Russell, music editor for Paste Magazine.

“Whoever picks this picture of Brad Pitt will get fired,” @nicholasdante_ remarked.

“Everyone is asking who put Brad Pitt’s body on the cover of GQ,” wondered @SoloChills.

"Why does GQ hate Brad Pitt?" — another commentator is perplexed.

All users as one claim that the photo is very unsuccessful and looks strange. Some write that they would never have recognized the actor if they had not been told.

You can see the sensational photo on link.

Photographer from Russia

The creator of this "masterpiece" was the Russian woman Elizaveta Porodina. At the same time, she is a fairly well-known photographer who works in the field of art photography.

Rodina has lived in Germany since childhood. She has been shooting for Vogue, Time, The Cut and other reputable publications for several years. Wonderzine.

On your Instagram Elizabeth wrote that it was "a truly surreal feeling to see the face you've known so well all your life reflected in images you've created yourself."

“It’s an even more surreal feeling when Brad Pitt collaborates with your vision, approaches any issue with charm and humor, understands the images so quickly to the core and adds something of his own, something special,” commented the photographer.

Her path is not quite typical for a fashion photographer. Elizabeth said that before mastering this profession, at the insistence of her parents, she trained as a psychologist and worked with women suffering from eating disorders. Nevertheless, Porodina always understood that she wanted to be creative - so in her free time she mastered the basics of photography, simultaneously training on the set of lookbooks for local fashion students. According to Elizabeth, she works at the intersection of photography and painting - her recognizable style is loved by many publications and brands.

Pitt's GQ interview is as shocking as his photo

In his extensive fashion magazine interview, Pitt discusses everything from his production company and film career to his dreams and hobbies around the COVID-19 pandemic. One particular passage from the conversation concerns a French vineyard at the center of a legal battle between Pitt and his ex-wife Angelina Jolie.

Earlier this year, Pitt filed a lawsuit accusing Jolie of illegally selling to a Russian billionaire his stake in the estate where the former star couple got married in 2014. But that's not all: the Oscar winner told GQ that a few years ago someone tricked him into believing that millions of dollars worth of gold was buried somewhere on the site.

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“I became obsessed,” Pitt admitted. “For a year, it was all I could think about, just the excitement of it all. Maybe it has something to do with the place where I grew up, because in the Ozarks there were always rumors about caches of gold.”

Unable to find any hidden treasure, Pitt admitted that the search was "pretty silly" but "exciting" nonetheless.

“A lot of people talk about how Brad Pitt looks on the cover of GQ, but my favorite part is in the article where he says that a con man convinced him to spend a year digging up his French mansion in search of millions of dollars in gold stolen from the Levant during the Crusades. ”, wrote @aniceburrito on Twitter.

Of course, Pitt talked about his latest acting project, Faster than a Bullet, which was directed by his former stunt double David Leitch, among other things.

While the new film is coming to theaters soon, Pitt told GQ he is in the "final phase" of his acting career.

“This is the last semester or trimester of my career,” the actor summed up.