Here are some assorted photos of Beyonce performing during concerts in Amsterdam and Bratislava. Some of these pics are from photo agencies and some of the photos are from Beyonce’s Tumblr (you can see more here). I have a point by describing the origins so specifically! Do you remember how Beyonce got super-pissed that Buzzfeed (and other sites) published some unflattering photos of her Halftime performance? Her publicist demanded that Buzzfeed pull the photos, and her publicist also tried to get the photo agency, Getty, to delete the photos from their archives.
This is because Queen Beyonce will not let you see an unflattering photo. Beyonce has her own personal photographer and videographer on her 24-7 staff (all of which goes into the Beyonce Archives), and she’d prefer it if you just used those photos. Now that Beyonce is on tour, she doesn’t want peasant photographers taking another unflattering photo of her, so she’s BANNING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS from her tour. Except her personal photographer, of course.
According to Jezebel, Beyonce has banned professional photographers from her tour and she’s releasing – through her subsidiary Parkwood Entertainment – pre-approved images through the Associated Press. So, the AP just got in bed with Project Only Flattering Photos of Beyonce. But… as Fstoppers (via Jezebel) reported:
Beyoncé banned all professional photographers from her shows, hoping this way no unflattering photos will make it to mainstream media.
But we all know how media works – they will do anything possible to get images that other publications don’t have. If they cant send a photographer to give them original photos, the next best thing they can do is buy photos from fans in the front rows in the arena (cameras were not allowed, but no one can take away phones). It’s the next best thing for them, and a huge nightmare for Beyoncé and her publicist.
[From Fstoppers Via Jezebel]
When I first read this story, I thought first to the photos I’d seen of Beyonce on tour on WENN, and how those were probably about to be pulled. And then I thought about her Tumblr, which has been a God-send for a blogger like me. Whenever we don’t have photos of Bey at our photo agencies, I just check her Tumblr. She only posts flattering photos of herself, of course, but the pics are there to be used and it’s like a gift she’s giving us. I think a lot of outlets will probably be fine with only using the photos on her Tumblr. But I would love it if a fan got an unflattering photo of control-freak Beyonce and it got posted everywhere.
Photos courtesy of Beyonce’s Tumblr, Michal Smrcek/WENN.com and WENN.
She doesn’t want bad pictures released but is okay with releasing bad music.
okaaaaay
THIS; You are Doing God’s Work with this comment LOL
LMAO
I can’t stand this woman. She is so self-centered and narcissistic. It’s just beyond ridiculous.
RIGHT??????
seriously…. the level of narcissism required to be videotaped 24/7 is completely off the charts.
ITA
I wish she would just disappear at this point.
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
HA! Your prize of one internetz is in the mail. Well done.
Such a perfect first comment. You win the internet today!
Nice!!! LOL~
Andy, you hit the nail on the head!!
This girl’s ‘music’ sucks big time!
And she also seems like one narcissistic little beeyotch to boot.
OH GEEZE THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMENT. PRAISE IT.
Can we do this in real life?
Seriously though she’s all about empowering girls and being so real, but all you see are beautiful shots, and you just feel like shit, because she allegedly doesn’t have ugly moments. So vain.
That last photo, the little girl in the red t-shirt. Her facial expression perfectly expresses how I feel about Bey and her mega-ego. Get a grip, girl.
That kid looks SO over it!
“. . . Yes, yes, alright, that was very good Beyon- whatever your name is. Well done. Now, when’s the real act going to show up?”
Was this a real concert? Or did she get a bunch of people together to look like one?
She doesn’t look sweaty (not that Beyonce would sweat) and everyone in those photo’s doesn’t seems overly exuberant. Aren’t the mad fans down front?
Because that worked SO well for her when she tried to stop those unflattering pics of her at the Superbowl from circulating. I hope the internet gets some good ones. 😀
I’m just going to leave this right here…
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattbellassai/the-best-of-the-internets-response-to-beyonces-unflattering
Imgur went crazy with the Beyonce thing. It was amazing. I really hope that this continues.
Imgur. Sweet reference 🙂
Bless you. 🙂
OMG those pics are hilarious!
Thanks – What a hoot! I say let this insufferable, narcissistic minger keep going like this, cuz I’m looking forward to (a) the front row fans making themselves some pocket money by selling their unflattering pics, and (b) the really creative types ripping pics from Tumblr or wherever and photoshopping them to their heart’s delight.
I also hope that, in Greg Graffin’s words, ” Like the Red Queen/ You’re running out of steam every day…”
Is there no end to this woman’s vanity and bullshit?
This is only going to make people try to get bad photos more. Just like how no one would have noticed the half time photos if her publicist hadn’t made a stink, and then they were everywhere.
24/7 “archiving”? Her ego is out of control.
Ah, the Streisand effect at work…
Yeah, but at least Streisand has always had talent to back that up.
Agree with Eve; she at least had the talent to back it up. “Mrs. Carter Tour”??? That’s so bloody laughable to BEGIN with 😀 Some of the silly outfits look like they belong in a grade-school Hallowe’en costume competition; they’re so … ugh. Her ego is a colossal turnoff. The “talent” just barely mediocre, at best.
Streisand’s talent is completely dwarfed by her huge ego, and I mean within her songs. Every song she sings is a song of how absolutely perfect she thinks she is, no matter what else it’s supposed to be about. Even when I was a kid — before the internets — I couldn’t stand her singing. At least Beyoncé has a couple fun pop songs, and she was quite good in Dreamgirls.
Hhahaha toooo late.
It can’t get any worse than this Beyonce!
And it’s already all over the internet!
http://officialmagicpg.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ugly-beyonce-super-bowl-pic-396×550.jpg
Holy She-male Batman!
Hahahahaaaaaaaa
If they ever look to do a remake of The Exorcist she’s their girl. Damn.
So, she is basically shitting on the press here. Will the press let her get away with it?
In all fairness, this is what a lot of celebs are doing now. I recently went to a comedy gig for a relatively well known comedian and he strictly banned cameras, phones etc
I think that it’s always been stricter with comedians because it’s so easy for their material to be stolen. Also, they make a good portion of their tour profit from the DVD and/or TV special.
That’s totally different- if a comedian’s work is recorded and put on youtube for free, people aren’t going to pay to come out to their shows. That’s about earning a living and protecting their work. Beyonce’s is about pure vanity.
Banning cameras? Look at the pics above, the concert goers were taking snaps of her. What she did was ban concert and media photogs she didn’t accredit and designated her official tour photographer, the one in her payroll. She’s doing that to avoid the Mrs. Conan-the-Barbarian Superbowl pictures.
Are the above pics the flattering ones or the unflattering ones? It’s hard to tell.
OUCH! Watch those claws! 🙂
I think the above selection is the ‘good ones.’ The ugly ones were of her grimacing at the Super Bowl.
I’d call that way more than ‘grimacing’…Grunting, thrusting, straining… It honestly looked like she was constipated in quite a few of them. They were priceless. .xD
@Anna – It was the purple spangly catsuit monstrosity that confused me… 😉
Those grunting grimacing pics were hilarious. They almost made me like her. Almost.
This is what I was wondering. Where are the flattering pix? All I see are self-absorbed ego rushes on an oversize pageant kid.
And that jumpsuit? Hilarious!
“Over sized pageant kid”…that fits Beyonce perfectly! Ha Ha.
She comes off more and more like a horrible, vain person. Stark contrast with the “I have a child now, I’m enlightened Mother Earth herself” shtick she’s trying to shove down our throats. Ugh.
Why does anyone like her?
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Might be time for a new weave–stuff’s gettin’ a little frizzy on the end. Or just tone down the wind machine. Or maybe that’s all the hot air she breathes reflecting back at her. Seriously, her music may be great to work out to but it reminds me of people around the time when I stopped using facebook where they’d be all, “OMGZ I LOOK SO BAD IN THIS PICTURE /untag.” Not that they were drinking or doing anything stupid (which I *extra* have no sympathy for, everyone has a damn camera phone, ‘memeber that), just their hair or make up didn’t look ‘right’.
That shit is exhausting. Seriously.
“…Or maybe that’s all the hot air she breathes reflecting back at her.”
Ooo Buuuurrrn >xD
She’s so fake MY GOD. You’re not a living legend, Beyonce, sit DOWN. Rihanna sells more albums than you. You sell just as much as PINK.
She seriously wants to sell herself as some kind of amazing living legend. So deluded. She doesn’t even have classic songs. She doesn’t. She has hits. But an iconic song, like Britney has Toxic or Madonna has Vogue, no. Single ladies? Crazy in love? Are they really that strong? Destiny’s Child has tons of iconic songs. Beyonce by herself doesn’t.
Also, you need to stop making ugly faces when you perform. Those super masculine, animalistic faces don’t look good in pictures. You’ll be fine if you just be yourself. So much image and smoke and mirrors. Unnecessary.
I don’t buy the “living legend” makeover either. She has some good songs, not going to lie, and her voice is beautiful but her music is underwhelming given all the hype. The stuff about the Beyonce Archives and all that nonsense really put me off too. You’re not Mariah Carey honey. Bow down.
Crazy in love is a remake anyway. That is the only song I even like besides Bonnie and Clyde ( both with hubby.
Single ladies is the worst song , my ears can not handle it.
If she were ugly,nobody would be listening
I might get torn apart for admitting this but…I’m going to her concert here in Montreal. *Ducks and covers*
I haven’t been to a show in years (my last one was the U2 360 one) and I know she’ll put on a big spectacle but yeah, I find this “photo censoring” to be ridiculous. It makes me want to deliberately take bad pictures of her and then post them everywhere, lol.
You shouldn’t be torn apart for that. ^^ I have heard that her performances are pretty good, at least they’re visually interesting. I wouldn’t pay for a ticket, but would see her live if I had the opportunity (out of curiosity).
Can’t do better than Andy and Jules; saw U2 twice doing the 360 tour way better than fakeonyce; Never get tired of hearing One and It’s a beautiful day; Fakeyonce has no iconic songs; How many bands even cover her songs (written/stolen from/by other people.) SO disappointed the Obama’s go near this narcissistic one percenter and her equally vain hubby.
her face has changed so much as of late..it’s hardened quite a bit and her nose is too thinned out. her entitlement comes from being “Mrs. Carter”. ridiculous couple that was totally staged from the jump.
I’m not too sure of that (the marriage a PR sham). They’re both so arrogant, rich & entitled, plus convinced they’re both legendary musicians, that they seem perfect for eachother. He had his own money & didn’t need hers, which could also have drawn her to him.
This is NOT racially motivated (not attacking features specific to any race, just how this one man’s collection of facial features is horrid), but how could Beyonce marry a man that looks like a camel?! Hope Blue Ivy (stupid name >.<) only gets her genes.
I hate that this B has my last name…I’m the original Miss Carter so she needs to bow down lol
I agree, her nose is too thin, she wants to be Caucasian badly
I’ve always wondered… Did she & her PR lawyers even have any right to demand those ugly pics be taken down? Since when has the press needed someone’s permission to take/post pics? Esp at a huge broadcasted performance like the super bowl.
Saying “would you please take them down” is one thing, but demanding as though she were above everyone, is quite another. Can’t confiscate phones, B. Stop looking like you’re constipated, or Deal w/it.
@Hakura
This is a link to the letter her publicist sent Buzzfeed. It doesn’t read as ‘demanding’ to me, just hilarious that Bey is obviously so vain. It even lists exactly which photos they don’t like, and want removed… from the internet! XD
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/2/5/17/enhanced-buzz-25220-1360101733-14.jpg
I hope a smorgasbord of ugly photos come out.
She’s probably screaming at Jay “you can get us to Cuba but you can’t get that dag-on horrible picture of me off the internet? What good are you?”
“….so no one will take an unflattering pic of her.”
TOO.
LATE.
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with those ungracefully chucky legs, weird hips, & cheap looking,
TACKY 4th grade tap recital outfits…i just can’t. smh.
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+1 *hearts* lol
Awwwwww I love beyonce’s hips. Infact I love big hips in general. I also love big firm asses. I come from a country were big hips and asses are seen as sexy.
and Sir Mix Alot still sings:
“i. like. big. butts and i cannot lie…ba-by got back!”
awesome. to each it’s own. Lol
i just grew up in the age of lean, graceful stage performers: Eartha Kitt, Lola Falona, Cher, Donna, Barbra, Tina, Diana…i’m just a conditioned brat i guess. 😉
Ooooooo….and exactly where is this Utopia you speak of, Linda, cuz that’s where I want to live!
It takes a lot of smoke and mirrors to make her look good and Beyonce may be dumb but she knows that much.
If she had just ignored those photos from the Superbowl, they wouldn’t be a meme now.
Every pompous celebrity needs to read about the Streisand effect. All this is going to do is bite her in the ass.
this is so vain and narcissistic and gross to me.
I am by no means a fan, but I am by no means a hater either. I simply don’t care too much about Bey but as long as she keeps on snubbing Kim KrapTrashian the better and it sort of makes me like her a bit more. At least she has some taste.
Im going to make a comparison here-
Beyonce is FAKE. She goes and does a campaign with the FIRST LADY over child obesity, and then put her face on Pepsi cans, soda being the leader of diabetes. She takes credit for writing songs that she doesnt, she wont let people see bad pictures of her because we may actually think she is human.
Them you have Rhianna- sure she is crude, rude and at times ratchet, but she is HERSELF, and not trying to please anyone, and people like it. Rhianna is not a fake, take her or leave her , at least.
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word on Rihanna.
I work at H&M. Beyonce is the face of our swimwear campaign this year, so I have to see her giant, stupid face plastered all over our store 9 feet tall. It’s made me hate my job.
Oh, poor you, Grace. If only for your sake, your unfortunate eyes and ears (are her posters accompanied by her “music”?), I hope you guys in the northern hemisphere have a very short summer!
I imagine Beyonce’s house (because I can’t actually see her living with Jay Z) is lined entirely with mirrors — walls, floors, ceiling. I’ve never seen anyone so amazingly in love with herself.
Anyone’s guess on how many times a week she sees Blue?
I feel sorry for her; It has got to be exhausting not being able to just let go and live life in an organic way. Everything in her life seems staged. Legends happen & are usually not archived until after they become one. Bey is jumping the gun. She’s still big, but by no means as big as she was a few years ago. She’s so unlikeable.
p.s.~ your name is one of my favorite phrases E-V-E-R!!! 😉
oh and THAT to all you said.
FO-REA-YAL! 😉
I got close to liking Beyonce after watching that biopic thing of hers but she is such an obvious egomaniac that it makes me uncomfortable. Like, I know there is a certain level of big-headedness that comes with being as successful as she is. I like Taylor Swift and I know for a fact that she is shocked/appalled whenever she doesn’t win awards that she has been nominated for, I once heard about Jessica Alba reffering to her “hotness” – I think it’s very rare for people in Hollywood to maintain a balanced and humble view of themselves but Beyonce takes it to a frightening level – she is so in love with herself.
JLo called. She wants her tacky-a$$ glittery jumpsuit back!
I love this site and these comments! One of the few sites that doesn’t have everyone talking about how amazing, perfect, and incredible King B is. *rolls eyes* every artist has bad picture out there. Its not the end of the world. She spends WAY to much time trying to be perfect. I still can’t figure out the hype around her.
Love this site too!
There was someone a while back who did this epic post about her and the disconnect between the reality and the pr.
Even highlighted a bunch of stuff I didn’t know like stealing writing credits.
It was so good at breaking it down I should have bookmarked it.
Barf. I think for every glam shot posted we should post the snarling man halftime pics. Those make me happy.
id be less concerned about the occasional bad pic and worry about how i sound. sometimes, i have no idea what she is saying.
Beyoncé being a control-freak is no surprise. Beyoncé being this STUPID is a surprise. What did she think would happen? There are going to be so many fan photos of her looking horrible around the net now, and lots of people selling photos of her to make back the cost of front-row seating and then some. She must be super out-of-touch.
I think she is a beautiful woman but way too vain. There are many other beautiful women in the world that aren’t on such an ego trip.
Are you all still wondering how/why Bey and Goop are friends?
What’s the point? Everyone has a phone with a camera. All the people who play for those ridiculously priced tickets are gonna take a lot of photos and post them to twitter/Instagram/Facebook etc. She is so full of her self it’s not even funny. No wonder her and Goop are bffs. Two peas in a delusional pod!
Now im going to find all the worst pics of bey and make a web site just if the bad pics so whenever im sad I can laugh at them.
PLEASE DO and also share the link so I can visit! 😉
Kind of off topic but…..You know what drives me INSANE about the media? The fact she hid her child’s face for almost a year no one said nothing about it yet when Michael Jackson hid his children’s faces he was considered “Weird” and “Crazy”. Not just crazy seriously “Crazy”. Ugh. No offense Celebitchy! I just had to get that off my chest! 🙂
She ain’t all that!
Many celebs try to keep their children out of the limelight, especially when they are younger and for whatever personal reasons.
I think Michael Jackson went a bit too far with it. He used to drag his children in the middle of the night into toy-stores, making them (forcing?) wear masks to hide their face. I really don’t think an honest comparison can be made and to be honest, I firmly applaud any celeb who doesn’t use his child as another PR-stunt. Something which Beyoncé has recently been guilty of in my opinion.
Now this is just stupid. The TV stuck the other day on her pop ad…. her ugly frozen face was up for quite some time. Mouth agape… how is she going to control that? She is a real peach…
The internet has totally forgotten about her Superbowl pics. Thanks Beyonce for reminding us.
SHE MAKES FUR!!!!!!!!!boycott her
this ridiculous animal skinner dont need this to look unflattering, all she cares about is image
Is it just me or does Beyonce actually have a preference for the photos where she looks like JLo? probably just a coincidence…