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LuckyTheDog

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2. My sense is that the photo was too "glamorous"

Wed Jul 17, 2013, 07:16 PM

Jul 2013

I get what they were trying to do. They were trying to reach back to a time before the guy was a bomber. They were trying to strike a contrast between a handsome, promising young man and the "monster" he became. But with that photo, you didn't see "monster," or any sense of change. Standing alone, it was just a "hunky" (and kind of cheesy) photo.

The story was serious and really got across the turn the guy took. Near the beginning, we see this fairly powerful quote:

"I felt like a bullet went through my heart," the coach recalls. "To think that a kid we mentored and loved like a son could have been responsible for all this death. It was beyond shocking. It was like an alternative reality."

I would want the photo to reflect the "alternative reality" Tsarnaev fell into. I don't know if my treatment is exactly right. But I do think an illustration-type approach would work better. Rolling Stone took an approach like that with Charles Manson:

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Rolling Stone - The editors fucked up w/ that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev photo [View all] LuckyTheDog Jul 2013 OP

How would your treatment relate to the story Janet Reitman wrote? Demit Jul 2013 #1

My sense is that the photo was too "glamorous" LuckyTheDog Jul 2013 #2

While I like your treatment… I think the cover is a great design as it stands. targetpractice Jul 2013 #4

Having once been in the print media for decades LuckyTheDog Jul 2013 #7

"You either want to be them or you want to fuck them" targetpractice Jul 2013 #13

I think they created an equipoise between the innocence in the photo and the reality of what he did. Demit Jul 2013 #6

I get what they were going for, I really do LuckyTheDog Jul 2013 #8

I'm afraid if you are too literal you will make people queasy. Demit Jul 2013 #9

Kind of... LuckyTheDog Jul 2013 #10

What's "high concept" about it? targetpractice Jul 2013 #14

The cover design challenge for telling the backstory of a monster... targetpractice Jul 2013 #16

I actually kind of like the cover Bjorn Against Jul 2013 #3

The photo is honest... targetpractice Jul 2013 #15

Boston Strong GeorgeGist Jul 2013 #5

I think they were spot on. janlyn Jul 2013 #11

not good enough. no horns on head. no spitting of fire. no dead babies. delrem Jul 2013 #12