“Glorify” “exploitative” billionaires during this time? “Vogue” received a lot of criticism for the recent shoot with Jeff Bezos.
The “Vogue” photo shoot with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (59) and his fiancée Lauren Sánchez (53) is being criticized for idealizing a billionaire who made his fortune by exploiting his underpaid employees Tenor of the comments.
“Vogue champions the man who earned his obscene wealth through starvation wages, union busting and tax avoidance. Very outdated style, Vogue,” is a typical reaction.
Star photographer Annie Leibovitz (74) photographed Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez in a western setting. He wears a tight, dark T-shirt, jeans and a cowboy hat. She poses in a white tank top. The couple sits in a truck or looks at the sunset in sunglasses. “Billionaires dressing up as working class people – seriously?” read another comment on Instagram.
There are also individual pictures of Lauren Sánchez, because she and her “high-flying romance” (“Vogue”) with the billionaire are the focus of the fashion magazine’s article. “She’s really very sensitive to other people and what they think,” the description quotes Jeff Bezos. “Your empathy does not extend to union members and Amazon employees,” one user commented.
“The most embarrassing post I’ve ever seen”
Other users think the shooting is an April Fool’s joke or an AI-generated parody. “This is the most embarrassing post I’ve ever seen. Unfollowed,” another person wrote. They also criticize “Vogue” for the insensitivity of “glorifying billionaires” in the tense world situation.
Source: Stern
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