Winner: Entertainment Weekly, The Photo Issue
Entertainment Weekly’s October 2008 special photo issue was a superb piece of photojournalism and (even better) a remarkable example of a magazine’s core strength—immersion. The 12-page “Hollywood at Work” pictorial at the heart of the issue brought us behind the scenes with some of Hollywood’s most buzz-worthy figures and captured angles and attitudes we had never seen before.
Whether it was Tina Fey’s wry bemusement with her makeup and hair stylists or seeing the crew of Taking Woodstock re-create the mud-sliding scenes from the landmark original event, this series underscored the toil and the tedium of making entertainment. The inspired portfolio of character actors we know by sight but not by name extended the theme of entertainment as a job. The accompanying text fleshed out the larger portrait of being a working actor. And the final feature on the retirement of Tarzan chimp Cheeta (he finally has time to paint), rounded out the issue with wit and real editorial purpose.
In image and in theme, this EW issue demonstrated how the magazine’s mastery of image is not just about getting the right shot. It is also about layout, narrative arc and theme. EW’s special issue used all of the tools of the medium to strong editorial effect, to bring its readers both behind the scenes and into the process of making media.
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Honorable Mention
Town & Country – Opening the Way: Karl Grobl’s sensitive and atypical depiction of the Angkor Hospital for Children in Cambodia celebrated this symbol of hope in a country where historical memories of hopelessness still linger.
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