Magazine Covers 3

Choose your favorite cover (with a portrait). Label it as "favorite."

Copy and paste the description from the web.

Write a 100-150 word critique of the portrait on the cover.

Mention what is communicated about the people in the portrait and how this is communicated.

You may consider composition, lighting, exposure etc.















 Favorite

The New Yorker, September 8, 2014, Derek Jeter Bows Out By Mark Ulriksen“Derek Jeter presents a conundrum for a Red Sox fan like me,” Mark Ulriksen, about his cover “Derek Jeter Bows Out.” “I loathe the Yankees, but I appreciate and respect Jeter. No baseball fan can ever forget ‘the flip’ against the Oakland A’s in the playoffs. He’s a classic—humble, consistently spectacular, both at bat and in the field. When he arrived twenty years ago, he helped to make the Yankees the best team in baseball (again!) for too many seasons. Commemorating his career with a farewell cover is something that I’m sure even the Red Sox Nation can forgive me for.”

I absolutely love this portrait because it is not a photo and has artistic flare to it. It has a nice color scheme and a well done layout. The cover is a farewell to the Yankees baseball player Derek Jeter, and it makes a perfect commemoration for the end of his career in baseball. Even though the creator of the cover, Mark Ulriksen, greatly dislikes the Yankees, he respects Jeter and made a fantastic cover.