Numéro Homme 43

Also, Italian new pop phenomenon Mahmood, who will represent Italy with Blanco during the next Eurovision Song Contest ; legendary French rapper MC Solaar ; a report on femminielli, third-gender community in Naples here photographed by Pieter Hugo ; Afro-American painter Kehinde Wiley, behind Barack Obama’s official portrait who gave him international recognition ; and fashion shoots by Horst Diekgerdes, Jacob Sutton, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Jackie Nickerson and Pierre-Ange Carlotti.

On the cover, France's favorite personality, Omar Sy, looks like a cowboy out to conquer the West. Based between Paris and Los Angeles, where he is pursuing an international career, the actor, currently starring in John Woo's remake of The Killer (in cinemas October 23), talks about his ambitions.

From the first issue, published in March 1999, to the most recent, published last November, this exceptional 250th issue looks back over twenty-five years of creation, and brings together dozens of memorable images signed by its most prestigious photographers, such as Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Txema Yeste, Mert & Marcus, Viviane Sassen, Koto Bolofo and many others...