ULTRAVENUS ISSUE 1: GODS AND MONSTERS May. 2014 | Page 84

With an incredible creative team behind her, including Fabien Baron (editorial director of Interview magazine) as art director, Glenn O’Brien (once a member of Andy Warhol’s Factory) as editor, and of course legendary editorial photographer Steven Miesel for the creation of images (of which there were, reportedly, over 80,000 before the final cut) Madonna asserted pure feminine power within the aluminium covers of Sex, Using the pseudonym Mistress Dita (a homage to German actress of the 30’s and 40’s Dita Parlo, sex symbol in her own right) Madonna uses the medium of photography to tell stories of “Dita” and her friends Bunny, Dex, Stella, Chiclet and Stranger.