Random International, Rain Room, Sharjah. Courtesy the artists and Sharjah Art Foundation.
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W Photos – Cultural critic Naomi Fry pens a defense of Teller’s recent photo shoot, which quickly became a laughingstock on Twitter. According to Fry, the casual depictions of celebrities including Riz Ahmed and Jonathan Majors are not about disrespecting the sitters, but instead about being “disrespectful to the very notion of stardom.” What’s more, Teller has always been on the edge in these pictures, he reminds us that “being just a little bit ugly is cool.” (
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