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Top 100 Photographs #5

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Munich Massacre 1.) This image caught my eye because it was just really creepy and sinister. 2.) The 1972 Olympics were held in Munich Germany, and to create an atmosphere of peace and welcoming, security was lax. Unfortunately, the Palestinian terrorist group Black September killed two team members and took nine hostages, demanding for the release of their group members in jail. This photo was taken as one of the terrorists came out on a balcony, shortly after, all hostages were killed as German snipers attempted to take out the group members. 3.) The 2016 olympics was the first olympics that honored the 11 victims of the massacre. 4.) 5.) Kurt Strumph Germany

Magazine Part 2

There are four types of magazine covers, and the mot widely used and recognizable is the image based cover. This usually includes a person or a group of people, but ranges from food to animals to plants. This depends on the brand of every particular magazine ad what content they provide. The second type of magazine cover is the Illustration Based cover which uses an illustration to convey what the contents of the magazine are and what their brand includes. In the 20's and 30's this was the only way to create a cover, so it was the only thing used. Illustration is less widely used now however. Type based covers are more rare, but they're just words or a short excerpt that hints to at what stories the magazines contain. Words and hoe they're presented can have a certain power, and sometimes can execute the concept better than a photo could. Concept based covers can be any mix of all the types above and is used to present a strong or funny message. The concepts must ...

My Favorite Cover

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W, The Art Issue W, December/January, The Art Issue "For W’s December/January Art Issue, the magazine collaborated with artist Yayoi Kusama to create this iconic cover image depicting George Clooney. The visually arresting image is the highlight of the cover story, for which five leading female artists were invited to create interpretive portraits of the actor. Clooney wears a suit painted by Kusama with her signature polka dots and stands against a polka-dotted backdrop. Planned to coincide with the opening of an exhibition of new work by Kusama at David Zwirner Gallery, the cover makes a powerful reference to the artist’s iconic self-portraits." Critique: The color scheme is what really pulled me in for this picture. The white and black contrasts very nicely with his skin and the pinks and oranges of the font really just creates an attention grabbing picture. The font following the dot pattern by changing colors with the black and the white is very creative and thi...

Best Magazine Covers 2013

1.) Formal 2.) Formal 3.) Informal 4.) Environmental 5.) Environmental 6.) Formal 7.) Informal 8.) Informal 9.) Formal 10.) Formal 11.) Formal 12.) Formal 13.) Informal 14.) Formal 15.) Formal 16.) Environmental 17.) Formal

Magazine Tips

1.  Familiar recognition from issue to issue, how you brand you pictures 2.  Emotionally irresistible, gets the reader emotionally involved 3.  Arousing curiosity, draws in the reader making them want to know more 4.   Intellectually stimulating, interesting, something that's thought-provoking 5.  Efficient, fast, easy to scan, easy for the reader to tell what the picture is of.

Top 100 Photographs #4

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Moonlight; The Pond 1.) I picked this image because it had a haunted feel to it, that the mirror image would maybe reveal something more sinister. 2.) This photographer strongly believed that altering photos was no different than changing the angle from where and when you hit the shutter. He wanted his picture to be seen as both a painting and a photograph, and he would often handprint blue tones into his pictures. 3.) He was both a painter and a photographer, but later renounced painting in the 1920's 4.) 5.) Edward Steichen 1879-1973 Luxembourg American Fine Art Company of Milwaukee - apprenticeship

Top 100 Photographs #3

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Blind 1.) I chose this picture because it was very different then other photos in that it literally put a label on someone in the realest sense. 2.) The photographer used a special camera that made it seem like he was shooting in one direction but the picture was taken in another. This resulted in very candid and real perspective of the world at the time. 3.) Strand was devoted to the idea that art could have a positive influence on awareness and social thinking. 4.) 5.) Paul Strand 1850-1976 New York City, New York Ethical Culture Fieldston School