Lady Gaga provided an intriguing cover subject for the October issue of the New York Times Magazine. The cover’s photographer, Marilyn Minter, reportedly sat Lady Gaga behind a pane of frozen glass and then shot the pop star after airbrushing sections of the pane with rubbing alcohol and water, which created unusual frozen/melting/shimmering effects.
In her cover story, Lady Gaga’s current movie role in A Star Is Born is just seen as one more of the pop diva’s many “reinventions” of her self. During her interview, she says “I do keep transforming into a new shell of me. So sure, there is an acting component to what I do, or a showbiz component to what I do. But the word ‘acting,’ it’s hard for me to talk about in that way, because ‘acting’ to me almost implies faking it.”
The implication is that Lady Gaga either can’t help remaking herself — which doesn’t seem right, given all the careful thought she gives to her appearance and “personas” — or that she just dives into it so fully, that she tries to make her different transformations of herself as real as she can.
You can check out the cover story here. Below we have Gaga’s full cover, as well as a video done during the making of the cover.
(Image source: New York Times Magazine Instagram account)
“I’m just shape-shifting again.” @ladygaga covers our Culture Issue. Photographed by @marilynminter, and profiled by @rachsyme. Link in bio.
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