Guest dicktracy Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 I closed my eyes and thought of Madonna and those are the photos that came to mind (posted in 4 parts): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dicktracy Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 I couldn't decide on the Blond Ambition favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dicktracy Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Neither on the SEX/Erotica favorite: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dicktracy Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Yeah, unfortunately that last one did come to mind... but anyway The look that made her a legend... not just a superstar... was the cone bra and the ponytail. So Blond Ambition was her most iconic in my opinion. Elvis had the suit, Michael Jackson the gloves, and Madonna the cone bra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paradise Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 'justify my love' sleeve photo is the hottest for me and definately iconic..and the one from 'sex' where she's hanging from a crane. the 'true blue' sleeve was also a duvet cover hahaha so i guess thats the most iconic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapple Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 I agree with some of the ones posted.... First Album Cover Like A Virgin Cover True Blue Cover Blonde Ambition-Ponytail/Cone Bra and..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neutrocks Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I suspect the TRUE BLUE cover (as several posted in this thread) will probably be the over all Iconic image of Madonna in her history. I do agree that there will be younger generations that may think... "that was Madonna?" She's changed her look so many times, I've always wondered long after her death, which image would be used the most that would be associated with Madonna. I feel regarding her music, the TRUE BLUE album cover will be forever used when she is mentioned long after she's gone. But of course, that all could change within the next 30 years and where she takes her career and life. She seems to have no plans of retiring from the public life, so it all can still change. Most people now associate her with the long blonde golden locks she's been sporting for more than a decade (on and off). That very well good be the image most people will remember her as. But again and as I mentioned, it all depends on her future. It's not like she had one look like many legends. She's constantly kept changing her look over and over. It's just the last 10 years it's been more the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOD Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ursaminorjim Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Mark my words - this'll be the one she's remembered for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapple Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Mark my words - this'll be the one she's remembered for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Lorraine Day Many thanks! I'm also glad someone 'nominated' a Testino shot. The "Ray of Light" cover came to mind for me, but it just felt a little too recent. Even the Mondino "Hollywood" shot -- where she's got the very blonde hair and the very red lips -- is very iconic to me, even though that's very recent. It is harder to judge the more recent years yet. You really do need more than one to properly represent a woman who's explored her image that much. A Meisel, a Ritts, a Mondino, a Testino, a Klein... and maybe a couple other lesser knowns -- like Lorraine Day! At least, she's lesser known to me, but I'm truly grateful for that beautiful VOGUE portrait, which is the one that comes to my mind first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glittercandy Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I agree about True Blue being most iconic. but this one too, and Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluejean Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Definately the 1st Vogue pic is the most famous shot of Madonna. Followed by the Like a virgin album cover and any of the BAT cone bra shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FedFed Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 true blue album cover followed by like a virgin and ray of light album cover.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FatFagget Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 she will be remembered for the looks she stole from kylie Which chromosome are you lacking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianca fork Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 ahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhahaa. That Kylie fag... her fans have the most BLIND love. hahahahhaha. To Kylies fan: go and check the time these looks were appropriated and secondly get an eye exam. They do not even look alike. You should also understand this; Madonna is a silent GENIUS and her work is so well tied in with the image she presents that it is unbelievable. Whereas the Kylie whore is generally meaningless twerp food. at least she's aging better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Bitch Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 at least she's aging better... Hardly - Madonna's eggs hadn't dried up before she reached 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessie Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 the cover of the Vogue single is pretty much iconic too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 she will be remembered for the looks she stole from kylie What looks? On the first look Kylie isn't inside a "Wrestling" outfit... And on secondlook Kylie is on a Chinese Outfit while Madonna in on a Japanese Geisha Outfit.... Both Chinese and Japonese people would be deeply unpleased with those comparations you are trying to do... jesus!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip The Switch Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Which chromosome are you lacking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hot revolver Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 to me this is the most recent iconic pic of madge. alot of these iconic photos are from earlier in her career. what do u think is the most iconic pic from the last 9 yrs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddykrueger86 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 so many but this is the first that comes to mind and i believe the one most people would recognize... Really godlike! No way!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elijah Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 deffinately her most iconic in the 00ties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magrat Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I would say by far the TRUE BLUE album cover... And most memorable images from her videos of course... in particular Vogue, Material Girl, Express Yourself, Open Your Heart, Hung Up and Like A Prayer... And this one: ...also Madonna photographed by Kees Tabak from early... and one poster from the early years where she wears a leather hat and a wool pullover... and the one picture pre Erotica where she is smoking naked in bed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s@ndz Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I agree that the True Blue photo is Madonna's most iconic, and the greatest photograph done by Herb Ritts. If I'm not mistaken, it is also a highly regarded photo by experts and critics and ranked alongside many enduring 20th century images like that of Horst's which the Vogue image takes its cue from. It's simply breathtaking. Madonna's beautiful facial profile is just goddess perfect and as she luxuriates with her eyes closed (perhaps stirred by a sweet memory or something in the air), we luxuriate at her. It fuses the beauty and vulnerability of the Marilyn image with that of the tough-guy rebelliousness of either Brando or James Dean. She combines different iconographies and came up with something all her own, with the aid of Ritts. Perhaps it is the more appropriate and eloquent image of Hard Candy. This image has been such a big fave of mine that I remember I used to draw it on my notebook in class whenever I was bored as I pretended to take notes. Runners Up: LAV cover BAT Cone Bra performance capture Vogue (hands framing face) HEALTHY ROL cover Madonna cover Sex- Hitchhiking Casa Rosada still LAP video still (hands on bars) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikki Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Not a photograph but a real iconic moment is when she waves to the cameras in the Drowned World/NSFL video. I remember just that piece was used in an mtv video commercial mix. everytime the hairs on my arms stood up. its iconic madonna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drowned World Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Anything from the Blond Ambition Tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanster Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 pic used for the 'Angel' single (US/UK...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest d'kat Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 the 'true blue' album cover shot! what else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemini1313 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 ewww.....yucky poo poo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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