Art New England
August/September 1997
Cover image: Pablo Picaso, Self-Portrait, oil on canvas
For this particular issue, there was never any doubt that we would use this arresting Picasso image from the then current MFA exhibit. But because this image was being used elsewhere by the MFA to promote the show, I was intent on transforming image into something unique and engaging in its own right. I needed to showcase the dramtic image AND get the message of the text across. By changing orientation and decreasing the weight of the text, a
Cover image: Pablo Picaso, Self-Portrait, oil on canvas
For this particular issue, there was never any doubt that we would use this arresting Picasso image from the then current MFA exhibit. But because this image was being used elsewhere by the MFA to promote the show, I was intent on transforming image into something unique and engaging in its own right. I needed to showcase the dramtic image AND get the message of the text across. By changing orientation and decreasing the weight of the text, a
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Publishing
"I kept their basic grid and font styles, but gave myself license to break out with geometric white space and highly dynamic contrasts and cropping." |
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