Comments on: 2009 Best Magazine Cover of the Year Award

By: George Hussein Timberlake « Meanderings

George Hussein Timberlake « Meanderings — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:30:09 +0000

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By: photostandard

photostandard — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:59:42 +0000

Re: Select the Most Delicious Cover

I can appreciate the desire to forge a new path in the genre of food photography, but what the art direction at Bon Appetit has led to in the past year has been a consistent roundup of the most unAppetizing, unappealing, poorly-lit photographs ever featured on the cover of a food magazine.

The above two covers are certainly not the most abhorrent of the bunch, but for anyone who happened to receive the October issue on their doorstep this week…it looks like a photo of a mold/bacterial growth on food left out for the past month, rather than something fit (much less desirable) for consumption.

Gourmet cover wins. Hands down.

By: Adam Bloomfield

Adam Bloomfield — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:08:53 +0000

“Cool” ? Is your audience made up of 15 year olds?

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:51:25 +0000

Sorry if I sound like I’m hating on Nadav because I’m not. I just REALLY don’t like that Obama image. Nothing really against the photographer because I understand the situation. You’re give a few minutes with the president while he meets with, (whoever). You have to make the best possible image you can in that time. I just really, really, really hate it when an image is given far too many post actions in an attempt to make something out of nothing.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:17:12 +0000

Here’s to illustrations, wow — they caught my attention far quicker than the photographs in many cases. And, I’m a full-time editorial photographer.

By: Nick The Click

Nick The Click — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:49:39 +0000

Though the Yang image of Mr. Sunshine is awesome, I’d have to go with this. Great article on the Bilderberg group too.
http://bilderbergbook.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=2

By: Tyler, Chicago

Tyler, Chicago — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:54:44 +0000

The Obama Rolling Stone cover was my fave. Great image and great display choice by the mag for not including any other text. Really let’s the shot breathe on its own.

By: Shannon Fagan

Shannon Fagan — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:17:50 +0000

I’d like Peter Yang (cover: Rolling Stone) to share with all of us just how he obtained such a wonderful laugh and moment on Obama’s face – truly historic and wonderful. One of the best images of Obama that I have seen; absolutely beautiful.

As side note, and as an observer of our industry, I’d like to see one more category for most revolutionary cover this year; and nominate Time Magazine’s “The New Frugality” issue cover; iStockphoto of a Jar of Coins. This cover, and the ensuing discussion, spoke volumes about image licensing in 2009. As unassuming as it was, the image spoke just as much to image creators as it did to the editorial story that it was intended for.

http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20090427,00.html

By: Cameron Davidson

Cameron Davidson — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:52:15 +0000

One of my magazine clients sent me a note about this a couple of days ago. I checked out the Amazon site and voted for my favorites.

I liked the Peter Yang portrait of President Obama for Rolling Stone, The Andrew Zuckerman image for Audubon and the Annie cover of Tina Fey for Vanity Fair.