My Favorite Cover

Favorite

O, The Oprah Magazine, September, Hair

"It just might be one of the great hair days of all time. For O, The Oprah Magazine’s September 2013 hair-a-palooza issue, photographer Ruven Afanador captured Oprah Winfrey radiant in a magnificent Afro. (As was widely reported, the wig, which Oprah christened “Wild Thang,” weighed about the same as a Chihuahua.) The cover sparked “’roprah” mania, garnering 337,346,650 media impressions; Oprah’s Instagram of the image drew some 75,000 likes in 24 hours. After 13 years and more than 160 issues with the same cover model (how’s that for a challenge?), O can still surprise, delight, and pump up the volume like nobody else."

First,this magazine cover is a formal portrait because it's of Oprah a huge majority of people know who Oprah is, even if they've never seen her on TV.  I think Oprah is a great person to have on a magazine cover because a lot of people like her. Oprah's hair is very bold and it drew my attention to this specific magazine cover. I think this is a great photo for a cover because one, Oprah's hair is gigantic and noticeable, two, it's Oprah! Who doesn't like Oprah!? This is my favorite just because of Oprah's wig being so big. This picture taken of her shows a great example of "Image Based" since she is a celebrity and it's very clear that she is the main subject of the magazine.