BETWEEN POP STAR JANET JACKSON AND CREATIVE ARTIST JEAN-PAUL GOUDE, THERE IS ENOUGH VISUAL SPECTACLE TO LIGHT A SMALL VILLAGE

Video by video you can watch Janet Jackson bloom, like a flower in time-lapse music television, into a pop star: fiesty, shoulder-padded teen (in Nasty, 1986) turns velvet-roped sex symbol (Anytime, Anyplace, 1994) goes futuristic fantasy femme (with brother Michael in Scream, 1995; with Busta Rhymes in What’s It Gonna Be, 1999; and with Nelly in Call on Me, 2006).

After setting a new standard for her own sexual self-confidence on an iconic Rolling Stone cover (Patrick Demarchelier’s September 1993 nude, with a strategically placed pair of hands), Janet seems determined to make no less of an impact in print. She marked the release of her 2006 album, 20 Y.O., with an eye-popping parade of skin-filled magazine covers. Now, gearing up for a 2007 world tour, the most famous woman in the world (or, at least according to this year’s Guinness Book of World Records, the most searched-for person on the Internet) meets one of the most talented image makers of our time, Jean-Paul Goude, the celebrated illustrator, art director, and photographer. We joined these two forces of (human) nature to discuss the making of Janet’s image, the expectations of celebrity, and the rules of physical attraction. Mitchell Healey

Headdress Dior Haute Couture by John Galliano
On eyes and lips, M.A.C Eye Shadow in folie and Lipstick in deep love

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Photography Jean-Paul Goude
Styling Panos Yiapanis

Makeup Fran Cooper for Stephen Knoll Salon,
New York, using Christian Dior and M.A.C
Photo assistant Nicolas Premoli
Digital operator Philippe Baumann
Assistant digital operator Franck Joyeux
Printing Pascal Dangin for Box Ltd.