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October 17, 2005
Cover Art
The American Society of Magazine Editors, who would probably be in the position to know about these things, have come up with a list of the top 40 magazine cover images of the last 40 years. I guess I can't really argue with their top choice: the now-even-more-poignant Rolling Stone shot of a naked John Lennon embracing a clothed Yoko Ono, taken by Annie Liebovitz on December 8, 1980. Lennon was shot and killed later that night, and the photo served as Rolling Stone's memorial to him about a month later.
The rest of their top five, in order: Demi Moore posing naked and pregnant on the cover of Vanity Fair in August 1991; Muhammed Ali pierced by arrows on the April 1968 cover of Esquire; probably the most telling drawing in history, the self-absorbed and arrogant March 29, 1976 cover of the New Yorker, showing New York City dwarfing the rest of the country; and the May 1969 cover of Esquire, showing Andy Warhol drowning in a giant can of soup.
Here's the rest of the iconic images in the top 40. Other Curmudgeon favorites (in terms of both liking the shots or considering them iconic and unforgettable) include #10, #11, #13, #25, #33, and #36.
Comments
I tell ya...you and "countdowns"...you are just drawn to them.
Posted by: jillian at October 18, 2005 01:53 AM
#16 is rather...well...fun.
Posted by: jillian at October 18, 2005 01:56 AM
I just blogged this myself. Hehehehe.
Posted by: eden at October 18, 2005 11:53 AM
As I said at Kevin Drum's place, one of the most interesting things is the cover prices. $1 for Playboy in 1971!
Posted by: Linkmeister at October 18, 2005 10:54 PM
