How Does Katie Couric Appear In Harpers Bazaar Photos?
By Robin Givhan Thursday, February 4, 2010; 2:39 PM The March issue of Harper’s Bazaar, which arrives on newsstands Feb. 16, includes a story on CBS newswoman Katie Couric in which she talks about the arrival of Diane Sawyer into the ranks of network anchors, revisits her famous Sarah Palin interview and acknowledges the loneliness she sometimes feels as a single parent. But the most striking aspects of the glossy feature are the images by photographer Francois Dischinger. They are an audacious celebration of a powerful woman as a boldly sexy one, too. There’s nothing reserved or hesitant in the sex appeal on display in the four-page story about Couric. The images are a full-throated, even exaggerated, rebuke of the notion that a woman must dress in a prescribed manner — Suze Orman suits, full-coverage blouses, sensible heels — to protect her IQ, her résumé and her place in a male-dominated work culture. Is Couric dressed in a manner appropriate for a network anchor? These images dem
The March issue of Harper’s Bazaar, which arrives on newsstands Feb. 16, includes a story on CBS newswoman Katie Couric in which she talks about the arrival of Diane Sawyer into the ranks of network anchors, revisits her famous Sarah Palin interview and acknowledges the loneliness she sometimes feels as a single parent. But the most striking aspects of the glossy feature are the images by photographer Francois Dischinger. They are an audacious celebration of a powerful woman as a boldly sexy one, too. There’s nothing reserved or hesitant in the sex appeal on display in the four-page story about Couric. The images are a full-throated, even exaggerated, rebuke of the notion that a woman must dress in a prescribed manner — Suze Orman suits, full-coverage blouses, sensible heels — to protect her IQ, her résumé and her place in a male-dominated work culture. Is Couric dressed in a manner appropriate for a network anchor? These images demand that viewers define — or redefine — their term
In Harper’s Bazaar photos, Katie Couric is a power broker in Louboutins The March issue of Harper’s Bazaar, which arrives on newsstands Feb. 16, includes a story on CBS newswoman Katie Couric in which she talks about the arrival of Diane Sawyer into the ranks of network anchors, revisits her famous Sarah Palin interview and acknowledges the loneliness she sometimes feels as a single parent. But the most striking aspects of the glossy feature are the images by photographer Francois Dischinger. They are an audacious celebration of a powerful woman as a boldly sexy one, too.
