Steven Klein’s Madonna Vogue cover on the Best of 2004 list
The latest issue of New York City’s Village Voice features an article by Vince Aletti about the most stylish magazine photography of 2004.
“This is the space that, for the past nine years, I have traditionally filled with an overstuffed list of the best photo books of the previous year.
This year, that list is available on the Voice’s website and in its place is an even more idiosyncratic and compulsive compilation of 2004’s best magazine photography – the images, spreads, covers, and entire issues that I just couldn’t throw away.
Granted, the function, frequency, and frank commercialism of magazines make them more ephemeral than books, but anyone who cares about contemporary photography can’t afford to ignore the wealth of extraordinary work that appears week after week, month after month in periodicals around the world. ”
Steven Klein‘s Madonna cover on Vogue Paris, August 2004 appears at #5 in Aletti’s Best Cover list.
To read the full article, click here to visit the Village Voice website. To see scans from the printed version of the magazine check out madonnamegacollection.com. Thanks to Jamie.