This image is an excerpt from the modern magazine The Source, which began as a popular printed magazine centred on college oriented rock music and the emergence of hip hop in 1980s America. It was commonly held as ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine’s less establishment-based competitor.

I chose this image to analyse because I like the combination of different styles used in the construction of the article layout and design. The article is an interview piece featuring popular hip hop artist ‘Rick Ross’. The main image is very typical for the interviewee’s genre of music. Rap artists are generally represented in the media as young, black males with a focus on jewellery, money and expensive personal affects. This image is highly conventional when considering the mise-en-scene. The heavy dramatic lighting used is also highly indicative of the genre of music being featured in the article.

In terms of layout this text makes use of a highly minimalist style, using a simple but effective black and white colour scheme. The large areas of white space around the columns of bold black text make for a very stylish overall theme. The juxtaposition of the two font orientations used in the article title also makes for an interesting compositional element. As opposed to more trashy magazines which use multiple puffs and pull quotes that to me make articles seem overcrowded and unstylish.