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.

A soccer legend who demonstrated his talents from PSG to AC Milan, Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimović recounts his career in an intimate portrait. Three-time basketball champion and gold medalist, the American looks back on his greatest inspirations and his commitment to the Black and LGBT cause.

In the run-up to the historic event that will take the capital by storm this summer, Numéro Homme takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Olympic Games, with insights from Tony Estanguet, President of Paris 2024, judo champion Teddy Riner and Pierre Rabadan, Deputy Mayor of Paris. Then we head to England, with a report on the Boat Race, the famous rowing race between Cambridge and Oxford universities. 

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.