Famed shutterbug Annie Leibovitz photographed U2 frontman Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson –- founders of the ethical fashion line Edun –- for the latest Louis Vuitton Core Values advertising campaign.

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Hell, we might have to start collecting unairbrushed shots of Madonna like baseball cards. They sure seem to be just as popular.

Lately a new image is leaked every week or so showing the 51-year-old Material Mom without the magic of Photoshop. This latest comparison is from a Louis Vuitton ad released last year. Not that anyone doubted the finished shot had been retouched until Madge resembled a digitally-created video game character, but it’s still a shock to see just how different Madonna looked to begin with.

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Louis Vuitton turned the tables on famed shutterbug Annie Leibovitz, photographer of its annual Core Values ad campaigns, when executives for the French fashion house asked her to appear in its Spring/Summer spots, which will debut Feb. 1.

Joined by ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, the image was snapped in Annie’s New York studio and depicts Mikhail standing barefoot on a podium as the photographer eyes him from the floor.

Madonna has been dropped as the face of luxury brand Louis Vuitton, according to UK reports.

The pop superstar was signed to appear in a string of glamorous photoshoots for the expensive brand as part of the fashion house’s 2009 advertising campaign, but will be replaced by controversial Dutch catwalk maven Lara Stone — per the instruction of Madge’s good pal, Vuitton creative director Marc Jacobs.

Stone found herself seeped in controversy earlier this year, when she posed for French Vogue lathered with “Blackface” makeup.

“After two seasons with such a huge star, Marc decided to take a breather and work with a model – and not just any model. It’s the choice of a new supermodel,” a Louis Vuitton spokesman said Friday.

Lara makes her LV debut in the brand’s Spring/Summer 2010 campaign.

We hear that fashion impressario Marc Jacobs will wed his boyfriend, Brazilian Lorenzo Martone, in a small, private ceremony in Provincetown, Mass., this weekend.