Interview Magazine’s September Issue is actually pretty interesting. The magazine chose to do “The Photographers Issue” and release six amazing covers with six different subjects, photographed by six different photographers. The covers feature Nicole Kidman, Naomi Campbell, Lea Seydoux, Daria Werbowy, Keira Knightley and Amber Valletta. Here’s more:

Steven Klein selected Nicole Kidman, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott picked Naomi Campbell, Patrick Demarchelier chose Keira Knightley, Craig McDean tapped Amber Valletta, Peter Lindbergh selected Léa Seydoux and Mikael Jansson photographed Daria Werbowy.

“It was like doing six cover shoots,” said Interview editor in chief Keith Pollock, who noted that different copies of the September issue would feature one of the six covers. “There were no restrictions. There was a lot of travel. We shot in Sweden, Ibiza, London, Paris, New York. No photographer was in the same place.”

Inside the issue, each muse interviewed the photographer on their vision, except in the case of Alas and Piggott, who were interviewed by Riccardo Tisci.

“I think that themed issues are very ambitious. It can be such a huge risk,” Pollock noted. “But it was really wonderful, and there were moments when I thought this was going to tank, but we really pulled it off.”

[From WWD]

Do you have a favorite? The only one I had to crop was Naomi’s cover, because it was rather titsy. I like Naomi’s cover because it feels like a throw-back, but on the other side, it also feels like it’s totally been done before. I think my favorites are Keira by Demarkchelier (that’s just a striking photo in general) and Lea by Lindbergh, although if you hadn’t told me that was Lea, I would have thought she was Kate Moss. My least favorite? Nicole Kidman by Steven Klein. That cover just has a weird vibe. And it’s too dark.

Photos courtesy of Interview Magazine.