Behind The Lens

Winter, 2020

Nadia Lee Cohen, the mastermind behind both this issue’s nostalgic cover and the ad campaign for Playboy’s new fragrance, Make the Cover (coming March 2020), creates work with the instinct of a storyteller. That may explain why the British artist gravitates toward eccentric and striking characters who can effortlessly weave a narrative into her cinematic portraits. For the Equality Issue’s cover story, Once a Playmate, Always a Playmate, Cohen used her lens to “focus a spotlight on age and photo...