Reply #30: Yes, my theory.... though I don't literally say that it was Annie Liebovitz's inspiration.

[krkaufman]

Rather, I've been saying since last Thursday (3/27), that it is inarguable that the WWI poster was the inspiration for the Vogue cover photo. Whether Annie Liebovitz was familiar with the propaganda poster or not is in question (p'raps someone else staged this particular photo), but it is beyond reason to think that the similarities are mere coincidence.

The similarities are simply too many to be accidental...

• Outfit colors match counterparts
  
• LeBron’s stance, legs apart and hunched over
  
• LeBron’s facial expression, a jaw agape teeth-baring roar
  
• LeBron’s “weapon”(a basketball) in his right hand
  
• LeBron’s white-tipped tennis shoes match the hairless, lightened toes on the brute
  
• The damsel is in/on LeBron’s left arm
  
• Giselle’s stance, with her feet inside LeBron’s, but her body angling outward
  
• Giselle’s dress neckline, revealing as much of her upper torso as possible while remaining G-rated and cover photo ready.
  
• Giselle’s hair style; note the wavy curls