Photographers Reveal Story Behind Taylor Swift’s TIME Person of the Year Covers
Photographer duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin have revealed the inspiration behind Taylor Swift's TIME Person of the Year Cover Image.
100 Years of TIME Magazine Through Some of its Iconic Cover Photos
TIME Magazine is turning 100 years old on March 3, 2023, and to celebrate, the publication is looking back on some of its most iconic covers which have frequently featured awe-inspiring photography.
Time Magazine Cover Mocked for Bad Photoshop, But It’s the Artist’s Style
The latest Time magazine cover, which features embattled basketball player Brittney Griner, has been mocked for being a "high school Photoshop" job.
TIME Has Published its 100 Best Photos of the Year
TIME Magazine has published its annual selection of the 100 best photos of the year. The publication's selection of images paints a picture of a year of recovery after 2020 that may not quite be what many hoped for.
BTS: Photographing Yasser Arafat for the Cover of Time Magazine
In 2002, photographer Greg Heisler was asked to photograph former PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat. Now, eleven years later, we get to hear the story behind that photo.
At the time, Heisler was already in Gaza city photographing former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. And even though the photo of Arafat was a very simple shot taken using a wooden four-by-five camera, a black velvet backdrop and a simple soft box, it's still fascinating to hear exactly what went into getting it.
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.