Brad Pitt Gets His (Chuck) Close-Up

First there was Brad Pitt‘s photo of Angelina Jolie on the November cover of W. Then came Pitt tipping his hat to New Orleans on the January cover of Architectural Digest. Now W gives over its February cover (pictured) to an extreme close-up of the actor, who was photographed by the one, the only Chuck Close.

It was Pitt’s idea. “When W asked the megstar to appear on the eighth annual A-list cover, he had one, and only one, request for a photographer: Chuck Close,” writes deputy editor Julie Belcove in her Letter from the Editors.

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