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Rihanna by Lorna Simpson for Essence Magazine 2020 Simpson photographed Rihanna for the cover shot and a 12-page portfolio inside the January/February issue. “The collaboration between Rihanna and the acclaimed artist is an extension of Simpson’s ongoing project reinterpreting images of Black women who have posed the pages of Ebony and Jet magazines. The cover shot and 12-page portfolio inside the magazine are titled “Earth & Sky,” and feature the Barbados-born singer and businesswoman dressed in designer clothing from the likes of Prada, Rick Owens, Hood by Air, and her own Savage X Fenty. ‘I needed to create images of Rihanna to place within the environments of source materials from my archive,’ Simpson said in a statement from Essence. ‘Knowing Rihanna’s charisma and commanding presence, my effort was then to be as present and prepared as possible to capture her exquisite performance for the camera.’” - article by Caroline Goldstein for artnet #lornasimpson #rihanna #essencemagazine #photoshoot #blackartmatters #blackartistsmatter #savage #fenty #savagexfenty #fashion #blm #blackfashion #art #photography #crate