The New York Times Magazine, September 14, 2014, The Culture Issue
Photographer: Victoria Diehl
Designer: Raul Aguilla
"For the cover of the magazine’s annual Culture issue, the artist Victoria Diehl rendered Lena Dunham in the style of an ancient Greek bust. This juxtaposition of the modern and the classical highlights the issue’s underlying theme: the waning of the patriarchy in art and culture, and the rise of other kinds of voices. Modern typography inspired by old-style calligraphic letterforms completes the design."
Designer: Raul Aguilla
"For the cover of the magazine’s annual Culture issue, the artist Victoria Diehl rendered Lena Dunham in the style of an ancient Greek bust. This juxtaposition of the modern and the classical highlights the issue’s underlying theme: the waning of the patriarchy in art and culture, and the rise of other kinds of voices. Modern typography inspired by old-style calligraphic letterforms completes the design."
I chose this cover as my favorite because, unlike the other covers, it does not consist of a man holding a football or just a person smiling. This actually involves a lot of creativity and it's different. I really like that the New York Times Magazine chose this to represent their culture issue, since art and sculpture have a lot of culture. According to the description of the cover, the theme is the rise of women in art and culture and of course this is always a big topic in the world today. Putting Dunham's head on this old statue really sends that message because chances are that the sculpture originally was of a man's head.
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