I was wandering around the bookstore when I stumbled upon this ingenious cover for Garage magazine featuring Cindy Sherman… well, sort of. The magazines 4th issue uses the theme of vanity as it’s starting point, dressing up four models in masks bearing the visage of Cindy Sherman. The effect is totally surreal. It reminds me a bit of something Chris Cunningham would have done back in the late 90′s or early 00′s. It comically skews the idea of what true beauty is into something else entirely, something equally engaging but in a confusing way. I think Patrick Demarchelier, the photographer, nailed this shot perfectly.

You can read more about the issue and it’s editor Dascha Zhukova on WWD by clicking here.

Last week we saw the release of the stunning cover of the New York magazine shot by Iwan Bann, renowned for his ability to photograph architecture. The photo was of a half darkened New York, one side shining brightly as usual while the other seemed almost vanished. The question on everyone’s mind though was “How the hell did he get that shot?” Thankfully, Poynter got the scoop on how Baan got the shot.

“It was the only way to show that New York was two cities, almost,” Baan said on the phone Sunday evening from Haiti. “One was almost like a third world country where everything was becoming scarce. Everything was complicated. And then another was a completely vibrant, alive New York.”

Baan made the image Wednesday night after the storm, using the new Canon 1D X with the new 24-70mm lens on full open aperture. The camera was set at 25,000 ISO, with a 1/40th of a second shutter speed.