“Alicia Bares Her Soul”

Alicia Keys, photographed exclusively for the cover of the November issue of Ebony magazine by Gian Andreas Di Stefano at nightclub Hiro at the Maritime Hotel in Manhattan in 2007.

Lead acrobatic dancer Tatyana Petruk of Aerial Artistry taught Alicia how to suspend in the air for her cover shoot. Working with the creative team nonstop until the singer left to go to the premiere of The Nanny Diaries.