A-List: Brad Pitt

Pitt requested that artist Chuck Close shoot the pictures accompanying this story. "You can't be the fair-haired young boy forever," says Close, known for his superdetailed portraits that reveal every skin flaw. "Maybe a photograph of him with his crow's-feet and furrowed brow is good for him." Read the complete interview.


Photographed by Chuck Close
February 2009
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