New York, June 30, 2008

The cover of New York magazine’s 2008 Summer Issue, with presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama seemingly relaxing on the beach and fist-bumping, falls in the magazine’s tradition of humorous covers to capture the carefree spirit of summer. The power of the cover comes both from having two candidates in the unlikeliest of places doing the unlikeliest thing, and from the seamless, painting-like execution. Photographer Andrew Eccles shot two body doubles on a studio set, then chose the perfect head shots of the candidates, with meticulous attention to lighting, expression, and angle, to complete the photo-illustration. Like all successful leisure covers, the Summer Issue makes readers smile, and makes them want to have fun.

The New Yorker, April 21, 2008

For the “Journeys” issue, Jacques de Loustal created an innovative three-part layered cover. In “On the Move,” his adventuring couple is inappropriately dressed for each location (for example, they wear parkas and ski hats while crossing a sandy beach), but they tread through each environment with a spirit of adventure. De Loustal’s cover nicely complemented the varied pieces within the magazine, which told stories of journeys ranging from a scare in a Manhattan elevator to a voyage through a wildlife preserve for tigers in an Indian mangrove swamp.

T: The New York Times Style Magazine , Winter 2007

The goal of this cover was to transport the reader into another world by conveying a strong sense of place (in this case, Lake Tazawa, Japan) and establishing a definite mood (the dreamy romance of Japan in winter), while at the same time creating an image that is graphic and sophisticated in keeping with T’s brand identity. The photographer Raymond Meier shot the Japanese model Anne Watanabe at the Gozanoishi Shrine at the edge of Lake Tazawa in Japan’s northern Akita prefecture, dressed in a vintage kimono and dramatically styled hair. The result is a marriage of travel and style that inspires readers to experience a world outside their own.