Nobody was more surprised to see Brad Pitt on the cover of the December issue of Vanity Fair in just his boxers than Brad Pitt himself. The photos were taken by artist Robert Wilson in September 2005 and weren't intended to be used int the publication at that time. Pitt agreed to be in the video art project last year and did sign a legal release at the time for the still and video images taken in the shoot.
Reps for Vanity Fair tell TMZ, "In a letter dated October 5, 2006, and sent to Pitt care of Brillstein-Grey [Pitt's managers], Wilson informed Pitt that a still image from his portrait was going to be featured in the December art issue of Vanity Fair." Sources say that Pitt has not seen the letter in question.
Pitt's representative released the following statement: "We are very disappointed that Vanity Fair has chosen to put an unauthorized cover on their magazine. It seriously makes me question their integrity and motives."
A represenative for Vanity Fair says: "Brad Pitt posed for a Robert Wilson video portrait, and in the photo release (signed by Pitt), agreed to allow Wilson to use the portrait or any images from that sitting in connection with any publicity on Wilson's video project. Vanity Fair decided to do a story on Wilson's video portraits and obtained rights to the entire collection of photographs from those sittings, which included Pitt's."
Source: TMZ
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