Photographer Chuck Close?shot 20 Hollywood celebrities bare faced and rough for the new issue of Vanity Fair, Kate Winslet, along with fellow stars Scarlett Johansson, Oprah, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, and more. (click HERE to see gallery.)

Close used a 20-by-24-inch Polaroid camera for the close-ups. Vanityfair.com says Close gave his subjects  unusual and strict rules.

San Francisco Chronicle reported that the five non-negotiable rules he issued were: (1) Arrive alone or with one close friend or associate. (2) Be available for three hours. (3) Be responsible for your own look-no professional styling or hair or makeup. (4) Be content with coffee and deli sandwiches or salads-nothing fancy will be served. (5) Get to the studio under your own steam.

Close says the reason he used Polaroid for the shoot is for its originality. After every shot the picture went up on the wall and the celebrities got a change to look at the photos. Close said he wanted to make it a collaborative effort because he is not comfortable letting his subjects be an active part of the process.

"I don't do glamour shots, and they're not airbrushed or whatever. So they can be, um ... they can be rough. So I need to talk people through it," Close told VanityFair.com. "They have to give up a great deal of vanity in order to do it. And it takes a real act of generosity and faith on the part of the subject to go with it and to give me their image without having any control over what's gonna happen."

Close told the luminaries "no hair, no make-up, no wardrobe. Pick something wear it, come on it, comb your own hair and let's get going."

The polaroid camera was not the typical hand held device people are familiar with Close describes it in the Vanity fair documentary that the camera is the size of a volts wagon and it goes right up to their face.

Close says although he knows some will be displeased with his photo for the lack of Glamour he hopes there will be some that say "Thank God, somebody shows people as real people the way they are and their humanity shows through."

The magazine hits newsstands Feb. 11.

In a day and age when handlers closely control a celebrity's image what do you think of Closes' photos?