Robert Pattison took his own photos for the GQ Magazine cover
May 18, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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With coronavirus lockdowns and isolations, everyone works with what they’ve got and improvise to the max. Robert Pattison and GQ did it too for the June/July issue of this fashion magazine. While self-isolating in London, Pattison shot his own self-portraits for GQ, both for the cover and spread. And considering the circumstances, the results aren’t bad at all.
The actor who is best-known for his role in Twilight is under the spotlight again as the new Batman. The coronavirus lockdown caught him in London, in the apartment rented for him while filming. He actually lives in L.A., and it looks like the situation with the pandemic caught him off guard. In an interview with GQ’s Zach Baron, Pattison spoke about the situation, the upcoming Christopher Nolan’s movie, and more. But what’s most interesting for us here is that he also took his own photos.
One of the images ended up on the magazine cover, and the others are on the spread. Unlike Naomi Campbell, who used iPhone to shoot her own ESSENCE Magazine cover, Pattison used a Nikon DSLR. You can even see it in one of the photos. PetaPixel’s DL Cade speculates it’s an D850, as the mark can’t clearly be seen. But whichever camera it is, I think Pattison did a decent job with it. I don’t know much about fashion photography, so I don’t feel competent to either praise or criticize him. You can see more photo below and in the interview with GQ, and you be the judge.
[via PetaPixel; lead image credits: Diana Ringo/Wikimedia Commons]
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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10 responses to “Robert Pattison took his own photos for the GQ Magazine cover”
And they look like it?
they’re not good, either :))
Haha, I called them “decent.” :) I don’t feel competent to judge, really. I don’t know much about fashion photography and it’s not “my thing.” But considering that he’s an actor, not a photographer… I guess he did a good job. :)
And it shows….
Who is he?
The star of “Twilight,” the next “Batman,” and of all teenage girls’ dreams. :D
He has the “psycho” potential, it seems.
Bah… not good
As usual, if a famous person do this photos, its ok. If a photographer do same stuff, phone will never ring again.
I just think it’s interesting how magazines are dealing with the situation and how they improvise to get photos. It’s great how we all find our ways to go on with our lives and jobs under the extreme circumstances. This is just one of the examples. :)
Sure, a professional fashion photographer would do a much better job. But I think Robert took decent photos, considering that he’s an actor, not a photographer. And if a photographer who’s not an actor were chosen to be the next Batman… Well, I think his phone would ring non-stop. :)