Sean Penn has to be on every photographer’s Top 10 List of people they’d like to photograph. I like these photos and layout — especially the cover — there’s something about the dynamic type treatment that reminds me of Charles Demuth’s Figure 5 even though there not at all alike — either way, it looks cool with the deep shadows and lighting from right — great for the newsstand. Why does Penn always look so angry? He was so much happier as Spicoli “All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I’m fine.” Oh yeah, he was married to Madonna. I think Sean Penn needs to be confronted more by the photographer to pull him out of his game face — after doubling up on one’s health coverage of course.

I confess to grabbing my magnifying glass to read some of the text — Penn: “they’re just doing a bunch of monkey-fuck rat movies.” I’d like to see Penn’s photo while speaking these words. What a panic. Then he quotes Dylan.

Well done. And it’s also nice to see pictures of Penn without a cigarette in hand and in a haze of smoke. He and his ex-wife used to come to my friend’s cafe for breakfast regularly and he was a genuinely nice guy.