{"id":41647,"date":"2025-03-05T16:27:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T21:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=41647"},"modified":"2025-03-19T14:21:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:21:06","slug":"shooting-for-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/shooting-for-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting For The Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin bu-blocks-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-wider has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/com365-jeff-lipsky-banner.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Jeff Lipsky Levitating with Camera\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/com365-jeff-lipsky-banner.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/com365-jeff-lipsky-banner-509x636.jpg 509w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/com365-jeff-lipsky-banner-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Photo by Anthony Avello<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShooting for the Stars\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">With his whimsical natural style, Jeff Lipsky has become one of the most trusted photographers in Hollywood<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-categories\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/category\/alumni\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlumni\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/category\/com-365\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCOM\/365\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">March 5, 2025<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/authors\/marc-chalufour\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarc Chalufour\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools-inner js-prepress-component-share-tools\">\n\t\t<h4>Share<\/h4>\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools-article-title\">Shooting For The Stars<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools-article-link\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" value=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/shooting-for-the-stars\/\" readonly>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<label>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Copy URL:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"js-prepress-component-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Copy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/label>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">In February 2012, Jeff Lipsky drove to Malibu, Calif., to photograph actor Sharon Stone. He brought a truckload of lighting equipment, but as he looked at the weather and surveyed the surroundings, he decided to rely on the sun instead. As an assistant splashed some light onto the star of <em>Basic Instinct <\/em>and <em>Casino<\/em> using a small reflector, Stone snapped, \u201cYou\u2019re not lighting me with that!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s scary,\u201d Lipsky says. But he pushed back. Nothing in his truck could create a nicer light than that day\u2019s sun, he explained. \u201cYou need to trust me,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd she said OK.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"764\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/01_Sharon_Stone_157_1-764x1024.png\" alt=\"Sharon Stone portrait\" class=\"wp-image-41795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/01_Sharon_Stone_157_1-764x1024.png 764w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/01_Sharon_Stone_157_1-474x636.png 474w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/01_Sharon_Stone_157_1-768x1029.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/01_Sharon_Stone_157_1-1146x1536.png 1146w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/01_Sharon_Stone_157_1-1528x2048.png 1528w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/01_Sharon_Stone_157_1-746x1000.png 746w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/01_Sharon_Stone_157_1.png 1865w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><figcaption>Sharon Stone, 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The story highlights two reasons Lipsky (CGS\u201986, COM\u201988) has become one of the most trusted and sought-after photographers in Hollywood: He\u2019s able to put some of the world\u2019s most famous and camera-weary subjects at ease, and he consistently creates stunning portraits. His photos of Stone blend the earthy tones of her shirt and sweater with the sunlight to create a golden glow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve waited in a grocery checkout line or visited a movie theater in the past 20 years, you\u2019ve seen Lipsky\u2019s work. His celebrity and lifestyle photography has appeared in <em>Vogue, Esquire, Outside <\/em>and <em>Vanity Fair<\/em>. He\u2019s shot Banana Republic campaigns and blockbuster movie posters. He\u2019s photographed Kevin Hart, Brad Pitt and Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent projects include photographing singer Michael Bubl\u00e9 for <em>People<\/em> and actor Rebel Wilson for the <em>Sunday Times Magazine<\/em>. He photographed football star Travis Kelce for a flu and COVID vaccine ad. He\u2019s in the process of collecting his photos into a book about natural light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI always loved looking through magazines,\u201d Lipsky says. \u201cAnd my photo heroes were all portrait and lifestyle photographers\u2014Herb Ritts, Richard Avedon, Gordon Parks, Bruce Weber and Annie Leibovitz.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lipsky has taken hundreds of thousands of photos. Millions, probably. Only a select few make it into print. Here are four photo shoots that helped to shape his style and define his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>1. Daryl Hannah<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Lipsky received a Nikon camera as a Bar Mitzvah gift\u2014he developed his film in the family bathroom\u2014his path to professional photography was long and circuitous. He studied advertising at COM and imagined a career with a New York City agency. But first, he wanted to go skiing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduation, Lipsky drove to Telluride, Colo., where the chairlifts reach the edge of town and the slopes are open 200 days a year. He planned to ski for one season but stayed for 10. He gave snowboard lessons in the winter and led fly fishing trips in the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually, the ski bum began thinking about photography again.He got a job shooting for the Telluride newspaper and saved his tips from waiting tables to buy a high-end Hasselblad camera. And he began planning a leap into commercial and editorial photography, which meant moving to California and building his portfolio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"886\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/IMG_6295-1-886x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/IMG_6295-1-886x1024.png 886w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/IMG_6295-1-550x636.png 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/IMG_6295-1-768x888.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/IMG_6295-1-865x1000.png 865w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/IMG_6295-1.png 934w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><figcaption>Daryl Hannah, 1998<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1998, a snowboarding client offered to help: \u201cDaryl Hannah was kind enough to understand my plight,\u201d he says. The star of <em>Splash<\/em> and <em>Wall Street<\/em> needed photographs for an upcoming profile in The Sunday Times and offered Lipsky the job. He\u2019d begun assisting more established photographers in Los Angeles and was learning how to manage a complex shoot. For this project, there was no location scouting, no hair and makeup staff and no lights. He showed up at a ranch in Santa Ynez, Calif., with some black-and-white film stuffed into one pocket and color film in the other, and his new camera. \u201cI barely knew how to load it,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What he did have, from years spent outdoors, was an eye for good light. And his goal for that day wasn\u2019t much different from how he approaches celebrity shoots today. \u201cI just wanted to capture her for who she was,\u201d he says. With Hannah, that meant photographing her next to a horse paddock and in a barn. \u201cShe had a dirty T-shirt on and she was lying down in the stall, and the horse was just stepping all around her,\u201d he says. \u201cThat\u2019s who she is\u2014she just is one with her animals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the Hannah photos anchoring his portfolio, Lipsky began networking. One photo editor introduced him to another and, in 2002, he got his biggest assignment yet: a cover shoot with actors Paul Walker and Naomi Watts for <em>Premiere<\/em>, the now-defunct movie magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>2. Paul Walker &amp; Naomi Watts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Premiere<\/em>\u2019s creative team gave Lipsky specific guidelines: He had to shoot Walker and Watts individually, on blue backgrounds, so the designers could create two covers for the 2003 \u201cSex &amp; the Movies\u201d issue. \u201cI was nervous as hell and I never really liked the images,\u201d Lipsky says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the images he shot for the magazine\u2019s interior, he had more freedom. \u201cI still hadn\u2019t come into my own and figured out what my aesthetic was,\u201d he says. But he did have the confidence to pack up his lights and take advantage of the beach house they had rented for the day. He photographed Watts leaning on a sun-splashed window and Walker driving a convertible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a stigma about natural light in the photography world,\u201d Lipsky says. \u201cSome people think, \u2018Oh, you don\u2019t know how to light\u2019 if you\u2019re using natural light. But natural light is really hard to work with because of the timing.\u201d To get the shot he wants, his subject has to be in the right place, at the right time, in the right weather conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On that day in Malibu, Lipsky was establishing a style that has come to define his career\u2014he just didn\u2019t know it at the time. It\u2019s bright and natural, and it\u2019s a contrast from the way we typically see celebrities\u2014as though he\u2019s providing a genuine glimpse behind the costumes and makeup and special effects. \u201cI looked back at that shoot and it has the same natural, organic vibe that I\u2019m still doing today,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"837\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/023PW358_07-1-837x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"41807\" data-full-url=\"\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/023PW358_07-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/shooting-for-the-stars\/023pw358_07-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-41807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/023PW358_07-1-837x1024.png 837w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/023PW358_07-1-520x636.png 520w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/023PW358_07-1-768x940.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/023PW358_07-1-1255x1536.png 1255w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/023PW358_07-1-1674x2048.png 1674w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/023PW358_07-1-817x1000.png 817w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/023PW358_07-1.png 2043w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Paul Walker, 2002<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"836\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/063NW213_09-1-836x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"41808\" data-full-url=\"\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/063NW213_09-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/shooting-for-the-stars\/063nw213_09-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-41808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/063NW213_09-1-836x1024.png 836w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/063NW213_09-1-519x636.png 519w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/063NW213_09-1-768x941.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/063NW213_09-1-1253x1536.png 1253w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/063NW213_09-1-1671x2048.png 1671w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/063NW213_09-1-816x1000.png 816w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/063NW213_09-1.png 2040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Naomi Watts, 2002<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>3. Jason Momoa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For Lipsky, certain magazine assignments are significant bench- marks in his career. <em>Vanity Fair<\/em>, <em>Vogue<\/em> and the <em>ESPN<\/em> Body Issue were the places where he saw the work of photographers he admired, so they were the publications he strove to shoot for. \u201cIt was so superficial,\u201d he says. \u201cBut it\u2019s a validation of who you are as a photographer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As he made his way up to that level, he became more confident in his style\u2014and how to achieve it. \u201cBeing a good photographer means you\u2019re steering the ship. You want everything in your favor so that you can take better pictures,\u201d Lipsky says. That means he\u2019s scouting locations, choosing the wardrobe and picking his team, from assistants to hair stylists. Several weeks of preparation can go into a single shoot. But with all of those variables controlled, he can focus on the biggest challenge: getting his subjects to let their guard down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-yellow-background-left\"><p>The whole job of a photographer, from my point of view, is to make people feel comfortable and trust you. Without that trust, you don\u2019t get good images.<\/p><cite>Jeff Lipsky<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/09_JasonMomoa_1509_01a-1024x683.png\" alt=\"Jason Momoa eating a carrot in a greenhouse\" class=\"wp-image-41796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/09_JasonMomoa_1509_01a-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/09_JasonMomoa_1509_01a-636x424.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/09_JasonMomoa_1509_01a-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/09_JasonMomoa_1509_01a-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/09_JasonMomoa_1509_01a-2048x1366.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/09_JasonMomoa_1509_01a-1500x1000.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/09_JasonMomoa_1509_01a-900x600.png 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/09_JasonMomoa_1509_01a-450x300.png 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/09_JasonMomoa_1509_01a-600x400.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Jason Momoa, 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>His fun-loving personality emerges in unexpected places. Visitors to his website can play a silly game, dragging and dropping various hats onto an image of Lipsky, experimenting with how he looks in fedoras and beanies and baseball caps. A portion of his Instagram account is devoted to lighthearted self-portraits that give the impression that Lipsky is levitating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He says that getting some subjects comfortable is as simple as playing the right music. For others, he has to get more creative. When he got an assignment to photograph the notoriously cam- era shy John Cusack, Lipsky organized a barbecue in a friend\u2019s backyard, set up some photo backdrops, and invited the actor over. \u201cLet\u2019s hang out and take pictures,\u201d he told him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, <em>Men\u2019s Journal<\/em> asked Lipsky to photograph Jason Momoa in a pond. He resisted. \u201cThat was the last thing I wanted to do,\u201d he says. He didn\u2019t want to be forced into creating an awkward connection between the actor and his <em>Aquaman<\/em> character\u2014he wanted to photograph the person behind the character. Lipsky moved the shoot to Momoa\u2019s property, where he photographed the star throwing axes, rock climbing and gardening. \u201cHe was comfortable,\u201d Lipsky says. \u201cI got much more material than I would have gotten in the water. It\u2019s one of my favorite covers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>4. Lady Gaga<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017, Lipsky received a dream assignment: archival portrait photographer for the Academy Awards. From 2017 to 2019, he was a fixture backstage, taking the official portrait of each winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s the antithesis of how Lipsky usually works because he has so little control. He\u2019s limited to a small set, constructed under the direction of the Academy. It\u2019s night, so he has to use artificial light. He doesn\u2019t even know <em>who<\/em> he\u2019s photographing until their names are read onstage, minutes before they walk into the makeshift studio. But the job is irresistible in other ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m the first person they come to, even before they get their champagne. You get them in this intimate moment,\u201d he says. \u201cThey\u2019re all stunned. They\u2019re all freaking out. Everyone in the world is looking for that person. It\u2019s so much fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Lipsky, the gig meant reuniting with many stars he\u2019d photo- graphed before. But in 2019, there was one person he was hoping to capture for the first time: Lady Gaga. The singer had been nominated for Best Actress and Best Original Song for <em>A Star Is Born<\/em>. She was the biggest star on an evening devoted to stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe assumed we weren\u2019t even going to get her,\u201d Lipsky says. Oscar winners aren\u2019t required to sit for official portraits, though most do. Lady Gaga went on to win Best Original Song and, after accepting the award, she made her way backstage: \u201cJeff, I want you to take pictures for me, for my family,\u201d he remembers her saying. In the relative quiet of the studio, the significance of the moment began to hit her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-end-of-article\">\u201cThe only thing I wanted from her was her true emotion,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd I caught her at her most vulnerable moment. She was just ready to cry. I let her eyes make the picture.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/00_BTS_028-1024x683.png\" alt=\"Jeff Lipsky photographing Lady Gaga\" class=\"wp-image-41794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/00_BTS_028-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/00_BTS_028-636x424.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/00_BTS_028-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/00_BTS_028-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/00_BTS_028-2048x1366.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/00_BTS_028-1500x1000.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/00_BTS_028-900x600.png 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/00_BTS_028-450x300.png 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2025\/03\/00_BTS_028-600x400.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>For three years, Lipsky took the official portraits of Academy Award winners, including Lady Gaga in 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February 2012, Jeff Lipsky drove to Malibu, Calif., to photograph actor Sharon Stone. 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