New York Mag Sparks Controversy With Front Cover of Biden and Trump
A half-naked image of the two presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden on weighing scales has proven controversial with many calling it "disturbing."
The First Ever AI-Generated Magazine Cover ‘Shoot’ Sparks Controversy
The first-ever magazine cover "shoot" entirely generated by artificial intelligence (AI) has been published on the front of Glamour magazine in Bulgaria.
Can You Tell Which Magazine Cover is an AI Generated Photo?
A French photo magazine has published an artificial intelligence (AI) image on its front cover in a bid to raise awareness over the technology's ability to impersonate authentic photographs.
This is the World’s First Magazine Cover Shot with Smart Glasses
British photographer Rankin recently shot the cover of Hunger Magazine with Facebook's new Ray-Ban Stories, making it the first magazine cover ever captured with smart glasses. It also happens to feature an actress wearing smart glasses.
Vanity Fair Hires Black Photographer to Shoot the Cover for the First Time Ever
In the midst of the controversy surrounding the recent VOGUE cover featuring shot by Annie Leibovitz, Vanity Fair is tackling the issue head on: the magazine's latest cover, featuring actress Viola Davis, was shot a black photographer for the first time in the magazine's 35-year history.
British Vogue is Honoring Essential Workers on the Cover of Its July Issue
For the July issue of British Vogue, the iconic fashion magazine has decided to do something a bit differently. Rather than featuring models and high-fashion, they're using the opportunity to honor three front-line heroes: a train driver, a midwife, and a supermarket assistant.
Robert Pattinson Shot His Own GQ Cover and Spread with a Nikon DSLR
As celebrities and photographers alike self-isolate, magazines have had to find ways to illustrate their articles and covers without resorting to breaking the law. The solution: self-portraits. Naomi Cambell did it with an iPhone, and now Robert Pattinson has shot his own GQ cover and spread using a Nikon DSLR.
Naomi Campbell Shot Her Own Cover Photo in Isolation with an iPhone
Supermodel Naomi Campbell has graced countless magazine covers, but none quite like the latest issue of Essence. Stuck at home due to COVID-19 social distancing, Campbell did her own cover photoshoot using her iPhone.
GQ Mocks Vanity Fair Photoshop Fail on Comedy Issue Cover
Is it April Fool’s day yet? Because GQ just won next year’s contest (if there were one). In jest of all the botched jobs on other magazine covers, they decided to release this cover for the Comedy Issue with the best/worst issues! How many can you spot?
Shooting a Magazine Cover with a Smartphone
I recently got a call from a client in Chile asking if I’d like to photograph Alexis Sanchez for the cover of COSAS magazine. Alexis is Chile’s most capped footballer was just transferred from Arsenal to Manchester United. He is also one of his country’s biggest celebrities. COSAS is Chile’s biggest selling lifestyle and celebrity magazine. Obviously, I said yes.
Who Shot It Better? Emma Watson by Tim Walker vs Kerry Hallihan
Actress and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson spent International Women’s Day hiding feminist books around NYC while she wasn’t giving a speech at the HeForShe Arts Week launch.
Photographer Pokes Fun at Controversial Golf Digest Cover in Hilarious Fashion
If you're into Golf, you might have heard about this controversy over the most recent cover of Golf Digest. Apparently, the magazine erred when it decided to put Paulina Gretzky (daughter of famed hockey player Wayne Gretzky and fiancé of pro golfer Dustin Johnson) on the cover instead of an actual... you know... golfer.
But rather than get caught up in all that, Orlando-based photographer Cy Cyr decided to spoof the cover instead.
Officer Releases Jarring Tsarnaev Arrest Photos to Protest Rolling Stone Cover
In response to the highly controversial Rolling Stone cover of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev revealed earlier this week, tactical photographer Sgt. Sean Murphy of the Mass. Police Department released a set of haunting images showing what Boston Magazine is calling "the real face of terror."
The jarring images were taken during Tsarnaev's manhunt and arrest, and have resulted in Sgt. Murphy's being relieved of duty as he awaits a status hearing to determine his professional fate.
BTS: Shooting a Portrait of Hans Rosling for a Student Magazine Cover
My friend Gustaf Drevin and I are the Editor and Creative Director (respectively) of Medicor, the student union magazine of the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. Long before we even got involved with the publication, we had dreamed up this ‘fantasy’ issue where we would have a huge cover story featuring Hans Rosling, the founder of Gapminder and one of TIME's 100 most influential people in 2012.
We would have a minimalistic design, and we would have great photos; we even wanted to have a launch party with Bill Gates, but that’s a story for another time. After Gustaf became the editor for Medicor, we finally got the chance to realise our fantasy. This is the story of how we got Hans Rosling on the cover of Medicor.
BTS: Shooting a Time Magazine Cover of Michael Phelps
Leading up to the 2004 Olympics, before Michael Phelps was quite as big a deal as he turned out to be, photographer Greg Heisler had the opportunity to shoot him for the cover of Time magazine. He initially planned to photograph Phelps at the Stanford pool where he was training, only to find out that it was too close to the Olympics and that wasn't an option.
Still, Heisler refused to let go of his vision of capturing Phelps awash in that blue "pool glow." Enter some serious ingenuity, a lot of testing, a few home-made strip lights, some blue gels, Strobist yelling the F-word in a supermarket line out of jealousy, and a behind the scenes video to explain it all.