{"id":3914,"date":"2022-01-10T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=3914"},"modified":"2022-01-10T09:23:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T14:23:12","slug":"kate-middleton-chose-vogue-photographer-paolo-roversi-for-a-trio-of-40th-birthday-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/10\/kate-middleton-chose-vogue-photographer-paolo-roversi-for-a-trio-of-40th-birthday-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton Chose Vogue Photographer Paolo Roversi for a Trio of 40th Birthday Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vogue &#8211; In the decade since she joined the royal family, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.vogue.me\/tags\/duchess-of-cambridge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Duchess of Cambridge<\/a>\u00a0has honed her eye for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.vogue.me\/culture\/kate-middletons-new-royal-responsibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">photography<\/a>, serving as the National Portrait Gallery\u2019s patron, releasing her own images of Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis on their respective birthdays, and launching her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npg.org.uk\/hold-still\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Hold Still<\/em><\/a>\u00a0initiative during the pandemic. It\u2019s natural then that, for her 40th birthday on January 9, Kate eschewed sitting for a painter, instead commissioning Italian photographer (and frequent\u00a0<em>Vogue<\/em>\u00a0contributor) Paolo Roversi to shoot a trio of portraits in Kew Gardens.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ar.vogue.me\/image_provider\/?w=750&amp;h=&amp;zc=1&amp;q=90&amp;cc=ffffff&amp;src=https:\/\/en.vogue.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kate-middleton-paolo-reversi-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.vogue.me\/fashion\/kate-middleton-duchess-of-cambridge-vogue-photographer-paolo-roversi-40th-birthday-portraits\/\">Read more here<\/a><\/div><\/div><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><p><strong>Duchess of Cambridge\u2019s 40th birthday marked with trio of new photos<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>TheGuardian &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>Portraits by fashion photographer Paolo Roversi show Kate wearing Alexander McQueen dresses<\/strong><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b956aa45cd05539b9028d87567fb8f22d71b6671\/0_232_1339_1567\/master\/1339.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=9d92bb9916f144fc8071f78fb8605874\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/figure><p>The Duchess of Cambridge has marked her 40th birthday by releasing three glamorous portraits of herself.<\/p><p>Pictured in different&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/alexander-mcqueen\">Alexander McQueen<\/a>&nbsp;dresses, Kate posed for fashion photographer Paolo Roversi, who has worked with stars such as Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss and described photographing the duchess as \u201ca moment of pure joy\u201d.<\/p><p>Roversi said the duchess could \u201cbring hope to the whole world\u201d with her \u201cpositive energy\u201d.<\/p><p>The duchess will reportedly celebrate her 40th birthday on Sunday in private with family at the Cambridges\u2019 home in Norfolk.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2022\/jan\/08\/duchess-of-cambridges-40th-birthday-marked-with-trio-of-new-photos\">Read more here<\/a><\/div><\/div><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><p><strong>Kate Middleton compie 40 anni, le foto ufficiali di Paolo Roversi: \u00abL&#8217;ho fatta danzare davanti all&#8217;obiettivo\u00bb<\/strong><\/p><p>Corriere della Sera &#8211; Il fotografo italiano \u00e8 l&#8217;autore dei tre ritratti della duchessa di Cambridge che entreranno a far parte della collezione permanente della National Portrait Gallery di Londra: \u00absolo luce naturale, poco trucco e niente acconciatura, la volevo contemporanea\u00bb.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images2.corriereobjects.it\/methode_image\/2022\/01\/08\/Esteri\/Foto%20Esteri%20-%20Trattate\/kateok-kcl-U331014646970290pD-656x492@Corriere-Web-Sezioni.jpg?v=20220109093848\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/figure><p>La serra dei meravigliosi Kew Gardens \u00e8 stato il set green dei tre ritratti dei\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/esteri\/22_gennaio_05\/kate-middleton-40-anni-futura-regina-lei-corona-ritrova-credibilita-fb13e6fa-6e67-11ec-b03a-4a0e157e4787.shtml\">quarant\u2019anni di Kate Middleton<\/a>\u00a0compiuti oggi. E qui in questi giardini botanici reali (a 10 chilometri da Londra) ci sono molte collezioni di piante (alpine, mediterranee, carnivore, e poi bonsai, orchidee\u2026) ma c\u2019\u00e8 anche una delle pi\u00f9 importanti raccolte di semi, tra cui quelli in estinzione salvati nel 1985 da Sir David Attenborough (tra i protagonisti alla Cop 26 di Glasgow del 2021), messi in una capsula di vetro che verr\u00e0 aperta nel 2085.\u00a0<strong>Il modello di bellezza che Kate oggi rappresenta \u00e8 tutto in questo suo profilo,\u00a0<\/strong>un classico di certi dipinti rinascimentali (come la Dama del Pollaiolo) e per consegnarci una nuova immagine di s\u00e9 (che entrer\u00e0 a far parte della National Portrait Gallery di Londra, museo di cui la\u00a0<strong>Duchessa di Cambridge\u00a0<\/strong>\u00e8 patronessa), ha scelto\u00a0<strong>un maestro della fotografia, artefice di iconiche visioni con le \u00e9g\u00e9ries della moda, Paolo Roversi<\/strong>. Che gi\u00e0 a nove anni, scattando una foto alla sorella diciottenne agghindata a festa, aveva intuito la sua vocazione. Nato a Ravenna nel 1947 (dove a 23 anni apr\u00ec il suo primo studio di ritrattistica e tra i primi ad usare le Polaroid 20&#215;25) Roversi \u00e8 parigino dal 1973. La sua \u00e8 una pratica artistica nutrita dalla letteratura, dalla filosofia, dal teatro, dalla musica, dal lavoro di altri grandi colleghi. Non si contano le tante celebrit\u00e0 che ha fotografato: Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Natalia Vodianova, Sting, Rihanna, Madonna, Belmondo, Ezra Pound\u2026<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/esteri\/22_gennaio_08\/kate-middleton-40-anni-foto-ufficiali-paolo-roversi-fotografo-italiano-9164aa08-70bc-11ec-bed9-868e21cce827.shtml\">Read more here<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vogue &#8211; In the decade since she joined the royal family, the\u00a0Duchess of Cambridge\u00a0has honed her eye for\u00a0photography, serving as the National Portrait Gallery\u2019s patron, releasing her own images of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[703,702],"class_list":{"0":"post-3914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-kate-middleton","9":"tag-paolo-roversi","10":"pmpro-has-access"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2_264646300.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3916,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3914\/revisions\/3916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}