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ASME Best Magazine Covers of the Year Award « ChromaticSoul :: The Blog — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:45:10 +0000

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By: Terence Patrick

Terence Patrick — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:23:46 +0000

If magazines could survive on awards alone, the editorial community would be a much better place.

By: STONER

STONER — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:26:21 +0000

Just my armchair research, of course, but it seems like a cover with no subheads on it denotes a special issue of some kind – like a break from the usual offering to show some respect to the cover image/story.

I usually pick up a copy of Rolling Stone when there’s an image and no lines (Cobain, Obama, etc.). Now, I don’t buy it, but it’s the only time I’ll actually pick it up. Does that sound about right?

And DAMN that Platon! That’s just a beautiful image, right there. I’d love to hear the story behind that shoot (kinda like his Putin story)…

By: A Photo Editor

A Photo Editor — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:00:51 +0000

@ 2. Daryl: I have no idea whey everyone doesn’t do this for their subscribers. It’s like a couple hundred bucks to change the cover plate on press and we could never convince the owners to go for it. Looks so much better.

By: Gordon Moat

Gordon Moat — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:19:25 +0000

Newsstand numbers likely don’t relate well to cover quality. I saw some figures for the BradJolina cover of People magazine, and it was one of their best sellers; not what I would consider a nicely shot cover image.

By: Daryl Lang

Daryl Lang — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:46:24 +0000

Good point about cover lines. I didn’t think about that. I know that in the case of the Latina Jessica Alba cover, there were two different covers. One with copy for newsstands, one clean for subscribers. I am pretty sure the Texas Monthly Willie Nelson cover was handled similarly.

By: ASME Magazine Cover of the Year

ASME Magazine Cover of the Year — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:53:32 +0000

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By: Patrick Meredith

Patrick Meredith — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:38:07 +0000

I have a copy of that Texas Monthly tucked away. Platon took some other great shots of WN in his saloon in Luck, Texas. There are a couple of other photos from the shoot in the archives at http://www.texasmonthly.com Very, very cool.