"Vogue" photos with Jeff Bezos criticized
The current issue of US "Vogue" features an interview with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée. Its content and the photos accompanying the article have not gone down well with the magazine's social media subscribers. Many see it as the idealization of a billionaire who exploits others.
The "Vogue" photo shoot with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sánchez is showered with scorn and derision on Instagram. The magazine has been criticized for idealizing a billionaire who made his fortune by exploiting his underpaid employees, according to the comments.
"Vogue is sticking up for the man who made his obscene wealth through starvation wages, union busting and tax avoidance. Very outdated style, Vogue," is a typical reaction.
Star photographer Annie Leibovitz photographed Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez in a Western setting. He is wearing a tight, dark T-shirt, denim pants and a cowboy hat. She poses in a white tank top. The couple sits in a truck or gazes into the sunset with sunglasses. "Billionaires dressing up as working class people - seriously?" reads another comment on Instagram.
No empathy for Amazon employees?
There are also individual pictures of Lauren Sánchez, as she and her "high-flying romance" ("Vogue") with the billionaire are the focus of the fashion magazine's article. "She's really empathetic to other people and what they think," Jeff Bezos is quoted as saying. "Her empathy doesn't extend to union members and Amazon employees," commented one user.
Other users think the shoot is an April Fool's joke or an AI-generated parody. "This is the most embarrassing post I've ever seen. Stalked", writes another person. They also criticize Vogue for its insensitivity in "glorifying billionaires" in a tense global situation. But there is also some praise. After all, entrepreneur and millionaire Kim Kardashian writes: "I love this photo." Well then ...
Despite the criticism, Celebrity couples Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's photoshoot in the latest "Vogue" issue continues to generate buzz. Some viewers question the magazine's decision to glorify Bezos, given his company's history of labor issues and tax avoidance.
The portrayal of Jeff Bezos as a cowboy in the "Vogue" shoot seemed particularly offensive to some, raising concerns about the magazine's tone-deaf approach in a time of economic inequality.
Source: www.ntv.de
