Richard Avedon and David Slijper copyRichard Avedon was a man of many “firsts,” photographing Steve McQueen for the February cover of Harper’s Bazaar in 1965, a cover that would serve as the first instance in which a man was featured on the cover of a women’s fashion magazine, albeit, 60s model Jean Shrimpton does make a cameo with her bracelet-stacked arm snaked around McQueen. In 2010, GQ Australia dubbed Ryan Kwanten the Man of the Year, celebrating with a cover story  photographed by David Slijper after Avedon’s 1956 cover.

Comparison Courtesy of Igor Vander.


Steve McQueen by Richard Avedon for Harper's Bazaar, February 1965

Steve McQueen by Richard Avedon for Harper’s Bazaar, February 1965

Ryan Kwanten by David Slijper, GQ Australia, November 2010

Ryan Kwanten by David Slijper, GQ Australia, November 2010

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