Choose an image you find attractive, well-executed, or related to your academic and professional interests, and analyze it according to DD Ch. 1: How does it elicit an emotional impression about the author (ethos) and the user’s feelings (pathos)?
Annie Lebovitz, though a photographer rather than a journalist, has served as my creative inspiration for some time now. Her work is notorious for capturing a thousand stories in just one image, an artform she’s spent a lifetime perfecting. This spread is a great example of how the editors at Vogue display her work whilst tastefully incorporating text.
One might notice that the text box on the left shares the same dimensions as the clothing-draped chair on the right, balancing the image as a whole. The female, Penélope Cruz, meets the gaze of the camera while her counterpart stares at her, ensuring the reader’s first glance. The way that Lebovitz has accentuated the downward folds of her dress then, ultimately, guide our eyes toward the text. The spread itself is a manipulation: our eyes are trapped by the visual map that both Lebovitz and Vogue editors have laid out for us (ethos). This, in turn, evokes a sense of helpless intrigue from the reader (pathos): are we to enable Lebovitz’s artistic intention, or sluggishly drag our gaze to the second page?