Okay…when magazines and ads portray women of color too light, you complain (remember Beyonce?). When they portray them too dark, you complain too!? Pick a side already. I think the pictures look very edgy and nice. It’s obvious that the pictures are out of the norm. If you keep looking for racial underling connotations, of course you will find them. Also, the pictures are in black and white and she’s wearing mostly…black if not darker colors. Wait a minute…didn’t Vogue Italia just have an all black model issue. The first to do so ever?

Wow, these photos are great, what a fine sista.

i love all these images

The photo shoot is kinda’ creepy. It is definitely too electic and clashy.

N.S. Ugezene

http://stores.lulu.com/NSUgezene

she looks hot. i love it

and stop playing the f*cking Racial card with everything d*mn! you talk about whites being ignorant and so are you

i would so love to model for them 1 day! go GIRL!!

They went with a really dark sexy look i say it looks good and thats how Vogue does it, they like edgy things. When i look at the photos i see dark sexy i see Vogue not some racial theory SORRY. I still think that this is the wrong mess. to send to ppl in a relationship and both parties are violent. He gets in legal trouble(which he deserves) and she gets Vogue , well i guess this can educate men out there to get away from a girl if she always want to get physical with you and you yah self cant control your temper to GET OUT RUNNNNN.

well seems the consensus is: these photos rock (nice edgy gritty), and who ever keeps writing these kinds of articles is a moron who needs to go back to undergrad and keep working at the journalism angle, k thnx bai :)

i really like this pics yo

I L0VE IT L0VE IT L0VE IT

I think Rihanna has missed her calling!!! Can you say SUPERMODEL?!!! She is giving me life in these photos!! I am not even a big time Rihanna fan but I am loving these photos!!! I am not a hater so I have to give it to her for these pictorials!

Rihanna is backkkkkkkkkkkkkk! New house $$$$10 mil/etc! The girl got swagg!

She is going to ecome even more bigger than she was-is. If Europe embrace her,, she is going to rock it like crazrrrrrrrrr!

You got to check out the new Rihanna Shakee music video on youtube.The subject matter! Is Rihanna realy bi-sexual or bi-curious?
http://www.youtube.com/sharpp2

She should model more, her intensity is amazing.

Here she comes again! She is backkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk! Watch it Beyonce!

You got to check out the new Rihanna Shakee music video on youtube.The subject matter! Is Rihanna realy bi-sexual or bi-curious?
http://www.youtube.com/bsharpp2

XXX U r so right. The girl should take advantage of it and make it rain $$$$$

I definitely agree, she has missed her calling, shoulda been a high fashion model, but s**t she can do both

IN BLACKFACE? OMG TALK ABOUT BEING PARANOID/LOOKING TOO DEEP INTO IT
THEY’RE DARK PICTURES HELLO
I LOVE NUMBER 10 BUT NUMBER 11 IS CREEPY AS ISH
LOL

first off, she was not that light originally… she is from barbados for crying out loud… too bad she sold out… remember when she was “‘Pon de replay” girl??? lol look was jigga man can do lmao sh/it… lol

I love it!!!! It’s beautifully done and she looks amazing!!!!

The photos are beautiful and edgy. I saw one pic with pale lipstick. The photos are dark and its not like her face is dark and the rest of her isn’t. Whatever “blackface” was used, was used all over her exposed skin. She reminds me of Grace Jones back in the day, very beautiful!
I get so tired of the racial overtones of everything. It’s really ridiculous. Get a life, get a hobby,do something!

I don’t know, these pictures just don’t work for me.

OMG I am sooooooooooooooooo jealous… This woman is AMAZIn’! I’m jealous…
(oh, did I already say that?)

I think they were trying to make her look like grace jones (conan the barbarian, boomerang)…she favors her a little.

I agree with yall…when the “singing” pans out, she can always model! You can’t deny that Riri is photogenic!

She just looks like “Grace Jones” twin. Grace wears things like this. This is Grace Jones hands down.

seem like to me she’s copying off of Grace Jones, she used to have photos like that also when she used to model. their nice, but not to original.

shE’S NOT COPYING THE INFAMOUS GRACE JONES, SHE FOLLOWING IN HER FOOTSTEPS, AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT…GET ‘EM!

SHE LOOKS LIKE A BLACK BEAUTIFUL BARBIE IN PIC #7. GET IT GURL!!! WATCH OUT BEYONCE! LOL.

Wow I must say if u she wanted to be on america’s best top model she could pull it off she is very cute

SO SAD PEOPLE DONT KNOW THE MEANING BEHIND THESE PHOTOS…WOW

Rihanna over Bey for me

THESE ARE FRIGHTNING!! IDONTKISSANDTELL YOU HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD! THIS GIRL IS A DEVIL WORSHIPPER.

Darker, demonic Grace Jones~ Wonder what the photographer was trying to do or how much influence Ri had on the creative director?~

Wow..very very very nice. #2 way hawt…Go girl! I love the way she’s classy and keeps her mouth shut instead of speaking on all the drama surrounding her.

She looks as if she’s channeling Grace Jones. A bootleg version of her.

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This girl is one of my target. I must get down with her in my bed room. She’s hot and gives her body freely and willing.