The shot they all wanted
PRIVATE SYDNEY
Mother and child ... the magazine cover. Photo: Harper's Bazaar
IT IS the sort of photograph magazine editors such as Edwina McCann of Harper's Bazaar can only dream of - a rare, intimate and incredibly personal moment between one of the world's most famous women and her baby girl.
Nicole Kidman and her daughter Faith will appear on the cover of the next Harper's Bazaar, due to hit the streets in just over a week. But the shot almost didn't happen.
The photo shoot, which took place in a country home just outside of Sydney, was intended to showcase the latest fashions on Kidman's runway-ready figure.
However, during a break in the shoot, Kidman's two daughters were brought onto the set.
McCann told PS: ''She was a willing photographic subject, talked to me in an unguarded and genuinely warm manner before the pictures, and later waited obligingly until dark for a specific Gucci dress to arrive. Later in the afternoon, Sunday Rose and Faith arrived after their sleeps to see their mummy. Kidman didn't want to put them down; Sunday Rose donned one of the tuxedo jackets from the clothing racks because it was getting chilly. The photographer then took some shots of Kidman with the girls solely for her family album.''
When McCann saw the images, she knew they had struck gold.
''They [the pictures] say so much more about Nicole Kidman than anything I could write in words. They are magic, raw and full of intense love, and clearly show her devotion to her children,'' she told PS.
After some convincing, Kidman agreed to have the phot! os publi shed and saw the final product on Thursday night.
Kidman explained: ''I think it's OK, because you can't see their faces; they're still protected. I feel it's a really lovely way to celebrate being a mum and being a family, and they're my daughters, and they're Keith's daughters [laughs] you can see the hair!''
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