Source: Queen of the
Damned Official Website, Photo by Peter Tangen
© Warner Brothers, 2001
Akasha is definitely posing here! It's quite a striking image, and one that Warner Brothers chose to unveil on their very own website. Akasha's costume is very similar to her outfit in a previous official photo (click here). The only difference seems to be the colouring of her top - one is purple and gold and the other is silver and gold. A minor difference, but a distinctive one.
The most notable difference in this picture is Akasha's green eyes!!! In previous photos, Aaliyah's eyes have been her natural colour. But here they have been transformed into an intense green. And they're rather supernatural too, very similar to Lestat's green eyes on the cover of the mock 'Rolling Stone' magazine cover (click here). All this leads me to speculate that both Lestat and Akasha will have green eyes in the film, but the colour will be superimposed.
