
Behind TIME’s Cover Photo of Greta Thunberg, 2019 Person of the Year
TIME today announced that teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is its 2019 Person of the Year. The 16-year-old becomes the youngest individual ever to receive TIME's annual honor.
TIME today announced that teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is its 2019 Person of the Year. The 16-year-old becomes the youngest individual ever to receive TIME's annual honor.
Back in 2007, world-renown visual storyteller Platon took on an assignment to capture a photograph of Russian president Vladimir Putin. In what would end up being one of the scariest assignments of his life (which is saying a lot given some of the stuff he's covered), his portrait session for TIME's person of the year award involved just a few more guns and guards than most.
American portrait photographer Gregory Heisler (whom we featured yesterday) is probably best known for his 70+ cover portrait photos for TIME magazine. One of his most famous portraits shows a double exposure, "two faced" photo of President George H.W. Bush. The photograph, shot entirely in-camera, was used as the first TIME "Person of the Year" cover photo.
TIME magazine named “The Protester” as its “Person of the Year” last year. This behind-the-scenes video shows how photographer …