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Projectprototype_ Issue 0 2026 Cover

Extreme close-up of a woman with blue eyes, bleached eyebrows, and parted lips for the prototype_ magazine cover.

Carin Backoff, New York

Associated creatives

Alastair McKimmEditor-in-Chief

Olivia SingerEditorial Director

Alasdair McLellanPhotographer

Anthony SeklaouiPhotographer

Carin BackoffPhotographer

David SimsPhotographer

Drew VickersPhotographer

Alastair McKimmFashion Editor/Stylist

Isabelle SayerFashion Editor/Stylist

Esther LanghamHair Stylist

Holli SmithHair Stylist

Lucas WilsonHair Stylist

Hiromi UedaMakeup Artist

Jamal ScottMakeup Artist

Mark CarrasquilloMakeup Artist

Shanice Croasdaile

Shanice CroasdaileMakeup Artist

Anais CordevantManicurist

HoneyManicurist

Jin Soon ChoiManicurist

Mat CullenSet Designer

Milena GorumSet Designer

Ava NiruiInterviewer

Arthur JafaArtist

SkeptaEntertainer

Libby TavernerModel

Mica ArgañarazModel

Sarah BrownModel

Tags

woman close up portrait woman close up close up portrait editorial beauty portrait bleached eyebrows parted lips blue eyes

Description

An extreme close-up editorial portrait featured on the cover of prototype_ Issue 0 2026. The subject gazes directly forward with parted lips, blue eyes, and bleached eyebrows. Strands of brown hair drift across the face under soft, diffused natural lighting against an overcast pale background.

Style

Editorial, Vertical, Raw

Techniques

Soft Light

Industries

Magazines

Color

Taupe (30%)

Background

Overcast Sky

Context

Editorial