Oklahoma Today
"The Indians & Cowboys Issue," July/August
Steven Walker, Designer
Shane Bevel, Photographer
"The feature covers the Choctaw ponies, a herd of wild Spanish mustangs. The photographer camped out for three days to shoot the horses, and at night could hear them whinnying. The cover image was selected for the epheral light across the top of the horses head, and cropped so the reader could look into the eyes of the horse. This cover deliberately has no cover lines in order to send a message of tranquility and uninterrupted space, and has been very popular with readers."
This my favorite cover because, obviously, horses. It connects with me as a reader, and now I really want to go read the main story. Horses are usually a rare cover subject, especially such a beautiful picture of one, and especially with the horse as the only subject. For this reason, I think it would interest people who aren't horse lovers as well. The photo choice was awesome- the still action and bright light looks gorgeous. Choosing a black background seemed important, as the natural background would probably be too distracting from the subject.
OK. Perhaps this is the least surprising choice I could imagine. When I saw this in the article, I thought of you straight away. But I agree entirely with your analysis. 98
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