Demi Lovato poses for 'spontaneous' nude midnight photoshoot for Vanity Fair in Manhattan hotel room
Demi Lovato has bared her soul - and a lot more - in a new Vanity Fair photoshoot.
The 23-year-old singer was photographed by Patrick Ecclesine at a Manhattan hotel at the end of last month.
In a post on the Vanity Fair website, Ecclesine describes how a vulnerable Lovato was still in mourning after the death of her great-grandfather the day before.
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Confident, indeed: Demi Lovato stripped down for a stunning Vanity Fair shoot to promote body confidence which was revealed on Friday
But the grief inspired her to take the plunge and do the soul-baring shoot, with three rules; no clothes, no make-up and no retouching.
Lovato, whose album Confident is released on October 16, told the publication: 'If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the past day, it’s that life is too short.'
Ecclesine admitted that Lovato's team were initially concerned, because Lovato's great-grandfather Buddy Moore - who died at the end of last month - was such an integral part of her life.
Raw and emotional: Even with her clothes on, the star bared all emotionally as she came to grips with the loss of her great-grandfather
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She went on: 'I want to show the side of me that’s real, that’s liberated, that’s free.
'What if we do a photoshoot where it’s totally raw? Super-sexy, but no make-up, no fancy lighting, no retouching, and no clothing. Let’s do it here, let’s do it now.'
Ecclesine noted it was half past midnight when the singer de-robed for the shoot, which includes a nude snap of her sat with back-turned to the camera while sitting on the edge of the bathtub.
Man behind the lens: Famed photographer Patrick Ecclesine took the snaps and described how the singer spontaneously decided she wanted to take the plunge while at a Manhattan hotel
In another, the make-up free singer cups her chest while sitting in a bath full of water.
There is also a shower scene photo, where Demi stands under the water while wearing a clinging black T-shirt.
The shoot took place at the Greenwich Hotel and, as Ecclesine described: 'Lovato and I worked in near silence, making our way through the hotel room, communicating with subtle gestures, nods, and tilts of the head.'
Inspired by Kim? Demi's Vanity Fair pose is reminiscent of Miss Kardashian's cheeky boat snap from her 2014 trip to Thailand
Naked ambition: Demi, who is promoting her new single Confident, also stripped off for the cover of Complex magazine, which was released this week
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