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Readers' Choice Winner

Entertainment Weekly
“Let’s Hear It for the Red, White and Ru," June 23, 2017

Keir Novesky, Designer
Tony Kelly, Photographer

"With the LGBTQ community at the center of our nation’s political zeitgeist, RuPaul was the clear choice to anchor our issue leading into the Fourth of July. Our photographer and photo team worked with RuPaul herself to imagine her take on America, starting with the first lady of drag at the presidential podium. As we worked on the cover there was one line from her hit show RuPaul’s Drag Race we kept in mind: 'Good luck, and don’t f**k it up!' Thankfully the shoot was poppy, electric, and unlike anything else. (All things that also happen to describe RuPaul)."

Critique:

When I first saw the photo on the website my eyes locked onto it. The cover is easy to look at from the start, is bright and colorful, while also giving the information. The text wraps behind and or around the model, allowing us to see the model clearly but also be able to read what the text is telling us. The text is for the title of the cover is large and bold enough to stand out as white in the mix of colors that is the photo. The "logo" of Entertainment Weekly is also bright and visible but not too visible as it is partially behind the girl. The lighting of the logo is overall also bright enough to see everything, but not too bright. For the subject, the girl, her pose has an assertive attitude and you can clearly see her emotions.