Popular actress covers herself in bees for sensational photoshoot video
- IndiaGlitz, [Friday,May 21 2021]
Celebrities especially actresses usually experiment for photoshoots with various costumes and themes and share the results with their fans on social media. Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie however has endured 18 minutes of hundreds of bees swarming on her body for an innovative photoshoot to raise awareness about what is one of the most important living things for the very earth to function the way it does.
Dan Winters who has innovatively shot the pics has shared a very short video on his Instagram and has written Angelina has long been involved with the UNHCR as a special envoy and is currently working with @unesco and @guerlain on a Women for Bees initiative that will ultimately build 2500 bee hives and restock 125 million bees by 2025, while training and supporting 50 women beekeepers in their own beekeeping operations. To promote the initiative for World Bee Day, in collaboration with @natgeo, Angelina wanted to do a portrait covered in bees. As a longtime beekeeper myself, when I was given the assignment, my main concern was safety. Shooting during the pandemic, with Angelina, a full crew and live bees made the execution complex.
Winters has added I knew the only way to insure we achieved the desired effect for the photo was to use the same technique that Avedon used 40 years ago to create his iconic portrait The Beekeeper. I hired my friend Konrad Bouffard, a master beekeeper, to help execute the idea. Konrad contacted the entomologist who formulated the specific pheromone (known as queen mandibular pheromone or QMP) for Avedon and worked with him to capture the unparalleled image of beekeeper Ronald Fisher that appeared in his book The American West. The entomologist offered to let us use some of the pheromone from the Avedon shoot. We used calm Italian bees. Everyone on set, except Angelina, had to be in a bee suit for protection. I applied the pheromone by hand in the places on her where I wanted bees to congregate. The bees are attracted to the pheromone, but it also encourages them not to swarm..
Regarding the cooperation that the much loved star offered he continued Angelina stood perfectly still, covered in bees for 18 minutes without a sting. Being around bees is always an experience that leaves me in awe. I feel like our offering for World Bee Day has its own roots in photographic history. Creating this portrait exactly 40 years later, not only honors bees and beekeepers everywhere today but also honors Richard Avedon, his iconic image, and the technique by which it was achieved. Happy World Bee Day!
For film buffs, Angelina will be in action in two films the neo-western 'Those Who Wish Me Dead' and the Marvel super hero flick 'Eternals' both likely to release once the pandemic situation eases out.