Five Covers of Variety ‘Power of Women 2019’ Issue

Peggy Sirota shot the covers with Chaka Khan, Awkwafina, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Aniston, and Brie Larson. (source)

Featured Article: Halsey for Cosmopolitan US October 2019

The 24-year-old pop star with 2 Grammy noms and 10 multi-platinum singles to her name, covers the October issue of Cosmopolitan, photographed by Peggy Sirota. Inside, the imperfect pop star gets candid about her bipolar disorder and how music has helped her focus her energy.

On being “pretty regular”: “I’ll sometimes look at other artists who seem so larger-than-life and wonder, Am I not supposed to be here?”

On being an open book about her past: “I shared a lot about myself, assuming the world would be kind. And that hasn’t quite been the case.”

On being questioned -“Are you a crazy, rambunctious bad girl, or are you an activist, political, fund-raising philanthropist?”: “Like, how f*cking immune are you to the human experience? Sometimes I want to have really good sex and sometimes I want to save the world, and sometimes I might try to do both in the same day!”

On being a Libra and wanting everyone to love her: “That’s the problem: I’ll do what I want, knock down everyone in my path who says I shouldn’t, and then when people don’t like it, I’m like, ‘Why?!’”

On not being a picture-perfect pop star: “But I love that, because I wake up every day wild-eyed and spongy, trying to do things better than the last time.”

On how music has helped her manage her energy: “I have bipolar disorder, and I get bored of shit really quickly. Music is this thing that I get to focus all my chaotic energy into, and it’s not a void that doesn’t love me back. It’s been the only place I can direct all that and have something to show for it that tells me, ‘Hey, you’re not that bad.’ If my brain is a bunch of broken glass, I get to make it into a mosaic.”

On her identity as a poet: “It’s ironic having to explain to people that I’m a poet. It’d be like talking to Michael Jordan about baseball and saying, ‘Oh you’re gonna try basketball?’” (source)

Featured Article: Gabrielle Union for Women’s Health US March 2019

Actress and new mom Gabrielle Union covers the March 2019 issue of Women’s Health US (photo by Peggy Sirota). Inside, she talks openly about her struggles with fertility – including 9 miscarriages and 3 years of failed IVF, how motherhood has changed her, and how she maintains a healthy and active lifestyle.

On her fertility problems, surrogacy, and an Adenomyosis diagnosis: “There’s nothing more that I wanted than to cook my own baby…the idea of it felt like surrendering to failure.”

On choosing a surrogate: “Some people care about the race, religion, or food habits of their surrogate. I was like, ‘I want a reader.’”

On her fear of the public’s reaction to her surrogate pregnancy: “People want to see the bump, hear that you got hemorrhoids—they want to know you’re like them. I was like ‘This is going to seem like the most Hollywood shit ever. Will I be embraced as a mom? It’s terrifying.”

On how becoming a mother in her 40s proved to be the right time for Gabrielle: “Any earlier and the FOMO would have greatly influenced how I parented. I’ve seen it. I’ve done it. I’ve done it well. I’ve gotten all the T-shirts. Now I’m in the right mindset and mental space, and I’m open to being the best mom I can be.”

On maintaining an active lifestyle: “I need sun. I need Vitamin D on my face. Give me a trail, a park, a walk down the street with the dogs, a breeze, rain. I’ll go hike. I’ll get a lawn chair and sit outside my trailer so I’m not trapped inside.”

On working out with husband Dwayne Wade and family: “Training together, struggling, failing, trying to be better—it’s been a cool thing that doesn’t feel like, ‘Let’s go talk about our feelings.’ It’s like, I’m a cool mom!’” Images courtesy of Women’s Health. (source)

Dwayne Johnson for GQ US June 2017

The cover is shot by Peggy Sirota. (source)

Click here to view last year cover featuring Ron Gronkowski and Hailey Clauson, here to view 2015 cover featuring Chris Pratt, here to view 2014 cover featuring Channing Tatum, here to view 2013 cover featuring James Franco, here to view 2012 cover featuring Michael Fassbender, here for 2011 cover with Alexander Skarsgard, here for 2010 cover with Miranda Kerr, and here for 2009 cover with Christian Bale.

Ron Gronkowski & Hailey Clauson for GQ US June 2016

The summery cover is shot by Peggy Sirota. (source)

Click here to view last year cover featuring Chris Pratt, here to view 2014 cover featuring Channing Tatum, here to view 2013 cover featuring James Franco, here to view 2012 cover featuring Michael Fassbender, here for 2011 cover with Alexander Skarsgard, here for 2010 cover with Miranda Kerr, and here for 2009 cover with Christian Bale.

Ryan Reynolds for GQ US October 2015

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 23RD 2015: Michael B Jordan is the third cover star of GQ US October issue, photography by Peggy Sirota. (source)

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 23RD 2015: Added new cover version with Rob Lowe.

The cover is photographed by Peggy Sirota. (source)

Click here to view last year covers featuring Blake Griffin, Norman Reedus and Clive Owen, click the links to view 2013 covers featuring Idris Elba, Justin Theroux and Jeff Bridges, here to view 2012 covers featuring Chris Paul, Javier Bardem and Denzel Washington, here to view 2011 cover featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, here for 2010 cover with Ryan Reynolds, and here for 2009 cover with Olivia Wilde.

Chris Pratt for GQ US June 2015

The star of Jurassic World is photographed by Peggy Sirota for the cover. (source)

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Kobe Bryant for GQ US March 2015

UPDATED FEBRUARY 20TH 2015: Added two new covers featuring Kevin Durant and Kevin Love photographed by Peggy Sirota. (source)

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Christian Bale for Esquire UK January 2014

The image was shot by Peggy Sirota and styled by Jeanne Yang. (source)

Click here to view 2014 cover featuring George Clooney, here to view 2013 cover featuring Jack White, here to view 2012 covers featuring Gary Barlow, here for 2011 cover with Jeff Bridges, and here for 2010 cover with Robert Downey Jr.

Matthew McConaughey for GQ US November 2014

The Academy Award-winning actor is photographed by Peggy Sirota for the cover. (source)

Click here to view last year cover featuring Michael Fassbender, here to view 2012 cover featuring Jeremy Lin, here to view 2011 cover featuring Eminem, Keith Richards and Lil Wayne, here for 2010 cover with Dianna Agron, Cory Monteith and Lea Michele, and here for 2009 cover with January Jones.