Portraits of the Spanish Royals

[An Ard Ri]

Unsurprisingly, the only one bothering posters here is Letizia's.

What's really unsurprising is the usual uber sensitivity about Letizia from certain quarters.

I would add that the confusion over Letizia's image in the photo was not her fault and was down to the photographer and not Letizia herself.

 

[Alondra]

Stunning photographs. The Gasparini room looks darker to the contrast of the people being photographed.

Letizia looks stunning. She wanted a special Spanish dress and their team found a vintage Balenciaga with a cape. No need for a tiara, she was wearing some of the jewellery reserved for Spanish queens.

I think the portrait of Felipe doesn't capture him. His posture seems a bit off.

 

[moby]

They are very good-looking people. If I were the queen, I wouldn't know if I'd be annoyed or flattered that people criticize me for looking like a Hollywood star in an official portrait. What a problem.

I think they are well done photos, though the moulding above Felipe being slanted bothers me to no end. Letizia's portrait is that of a modern queen, which she is through and through.

 

[An Ard Ri]

Stunning photographs. The Gasparini room looks darker to the contrast of the people being photographed.

Letizia looks stunning. She wanted a special Spanish dress and their team found a vintage Balenciaga with a cape. No need for a tiara, she was wearing some of the jewellery reserved for Spanish queens.

I think the portrait of Felipe doesn't capture him. His posture seems a bit off.

To be fair to them both it was down to the photographer to capture them.
Letizia did have her hair up and and had a tiara but the photographer asked her to remove it.
That was down to Annie Leibovitz and not Letizia.
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[Alondra]

To be fair to them both it was down to the photographer to capture them.
Letizia did have her hair up and and had a tiara but the photographer asked her to remove it.
That was down to Annie Leibovitz and not Letizia.
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I'm not saying the contrary. It was up to Leibovitz to capture Felipe in the same way she did with Letizia. I don't think she did but this is a personal opinion. The pictures are still stunning.

 

[An Ard Ri]

I'm not saying the contrary. It was up to Leibovitz to capture Felipe in the same way she did with Letizia. I don't think she did but this is a personal opinion. The pictures are still stunning.

I would agree with your opinion 100%

 

[duke of poliganc]

The king’s portrait is amazing but I think that I am in camp of being disappointed with the Queen’s portrait and I don’t fault her I know it was up to the photographer.

The king looks regal in his uniform and the decorations he is wearing but the Queen looks a bit Hollywood’s for my taste, being a young woman without a royal order and a tiara the photo is deemed to feel like Hollywood’s star, the photographer did shoot a photo of the Late QEII without a tiara or order but as she was in her 80’s it looked regal non the less here

In my opinion if the photographer didn’t want a tiara then a royal order and a Spanish mantilla veil would have looked more regal!

 

[Duke of Marmalade]

Apart from the history mentioned earlier (no tiara) Leibovitz produced the infamous incident with QEII, who arrived wearing the robes of the Order of the Garter and one of her most famous diadems. Leibovitz famously asked if the tiara could be removed to make things “less dressy” to which QEII replied, “Less dressy! What do you think this is?” Leibovitz seemed not properly prepared, calling the tiara a crown.

Letizia probably embraced the thought to do the photograph without a tiara.

I agree with other posters about the disbalance between the capture of F & L.

 

[BriarRose]

Just another opinion, but as someone who is not often a fan of Annie Leibovitz’s work, I was surprised to actually like these portraits. I was prepared to *hate* them, because AL likes her female subjects to look alien like, with unwashed hair. I had very low expectations, so to me these are a success. I assumed Letizia wouldn’t be wearing a tiara because AL doesn’t like them, but the look of the cape is breathtaking.

To AL’s credit, I loved that the portraits are a diptych- very fitting for a King and Queen who appear to have a stable partnership.

 

[Duke of Marmalade]

When looking again at the pictures, especially within the context and the paintings provided by lula, I think especially in Felipes case I dont agree that the photographer has achieved the goal. I think Felipe is far too much in the dark, there is no real contrast. Letizia was captured much better in that sense. Furthermore, in the setting of the room there is far too much going on what distracts from the subjects.

 

[An Ard Ri]

When looking again at the pictures, especially within the context and the paintings provided by lula, I think especially in Felipes case I dont agree that the photographer has achieved the goal. I think Felipe is far too much in the dark, there is no real contrast. Letizia was captured much better in that sense. Furthermore, in the setting of the room there is far too much going on what distracts from the subjects.

Letizia was closer to the window and had the advantage of natural light.
The area of the room around Felipe is rather dark,personally I wish they had used a different room.

 

[lula]

Annie Leibovitz: “I think the king is more interesting with the queen, and the queen with the king. They seem to need each other.”

Annie Leibovitz: “Creo que el rey resulta más interesante con la reina, y la reina con el rey. Parece que se necesitan mutuamente”

La fotógrafa Annie Leibovitz, autora del doble retrato de los reyes Felipe VI y doña Letizia encargado por el Banco de España, revela en esta entrevista cómo concibió las imágenes y repasa algunas de las obras más icónicas de su carrera.

www.revistavanityfair.es

 

[Prinsara]

Annie Leibovitz: “I think the king is more interesting with the queen, and the queen with the king. They seem to need each other.”

Annie Leibovitz: “Creo que el rey resulta más interesante con la reina, y la reina con el rey. Parece que se necesitan mutuamente”

La fotógrafa Annie Leibovitz, autora del doble retrato de los reyes Felipe VI y doña Letizia encargado por el Banco de España, revela en esta entrevista cómo concibió las imágenes y repasa algunas de las obras más icónicas de su carrera.

www.revistavanityfair.es

I suppose she’s speaking artistically unless she hung out with them for long enough, but it’s a sweet thing to say, somehow… despite suggesting they are only their best when together.