New Delhi: Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie was just lately seen in considered one of her most weird and difficult photoshoots to advertise her initiative for World Bee Day on Thursday (May 20).
The photoshoot was in collaboration with National Geographic and noticed the gorgeous actress standing nonetheless while coated in bees for 18 minutes! The unusual feat was carried out with utmost planning and meticulousness to maintain the bees calm and forestall them from swarming and stinging the actress, as per an announcement by the photographer and beekeeper Dan Winters.
In the video, the ‘Salt’ actress is seen standing nonetheless and solely shifting her face as a whole lot of bees rested on her physique and face.
Check out her shocking photoshoot:
In the caption, the photographer explains how he managed to execute the shoot. He defined that he employed his pal Konrad Bouffard, a grasp beekeeper, to assist. He revealed that they used Italian bees for the shoot which saved calm all through the shoot. As per the caption, each crew member on set was carrying a protecting swimsuit, besides Angelina and the atmosphere needed to be quiet and pretty darkish to maintain the bees calm.
He wrote, ” I hired my friend Konrad Bouffard, a master beekeeper, to help. He contacted the entomologist who formulated a special pheromone (known as queen mandibular pheromone, or QMP) for Avedon and worked with him to capture the image of beekeeper Ronald Fisher, which appeared in his book “The American West.” The entomologist offered to let us use the actual pheromone from the Avedon shoot. We used Italian bees, kept calm throughout our shoot by Konrad. Everyone on set, except Angelina, had to be in a protective suit. It had to be quiet and fairly dark to keep the bees calm.”
He additionally spoke about making use of a sure form of pheromone on Jolie’s physique in order that the bees would acquire it within the desired spot.
“I applied the pheromone in the places on her body where I wanted bees to congregate. The bees are attracted to the pheromone, but it also encourages them not to swarm. We also placed a large number of bees on a board that rested in front of her waist,” he wrote.
Actress Angelina Jolie took this daring step to pose with bees as she has been concerned with UNESCO to construct 2,500 beehives and restock 125 million bees by 2025. Her ardour for bees and preserving them led her to create a portrait coated in bees.
