The 24-paged editorial, shot by photographer Steven Meisel, captures model Kristen McMenamy, covered in black grease, writhing about in feather dresses on a rocky, post-apocalyptic-looking beach, evoking the real-life images of oil-coated birds gasping for breath that dominated coverage of the spill.

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