Angelina Jolie is the latest celebrity to step in front of the lens for Louis Vuitton’s inspiring Core Values campaign.
The advertising campaign’s regular photographer Annie Leibowitz shot the actress and humanitarian sitting in a traditional wooden boat in her beloved Cambodia. The country has become very near and dear to Angie’s heart since she first visited to film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in 2000. She adopted her first child, Maddox, from a Cambodian orphanage in 2002, and has made many humanitarian visits to the country to raise awareness of the perils of landmines.
This very natural image of Jolie boating in the province of Siem Reap is so striking that I almost overlooked her Louis Vuitton bag! That’s probably not the best thing for advertising campaign, but I love the subtlety of the composition. The Monogram Alto Holdall is one of Angie’s own accessories, which may be why it looks right at home slung over her shoulder.
The glossy world of fashion seems a million miles away from Angelina Jolie’s compassionate work, but her fans needn’t think she’s selling out. She donated her modeling fee, rumored to be around $10 million, to charity. It just proves again that she’s just as beautiful inside as she is on the exterior. That’s much like a good Louis Vuitton handbag, don’t you think?
