Best Magazine Covers 2013

New York, November 12, 2013: "The City and the Storm"
Shot on the Wednesday evening after Hurricane Sandy hit, Iwan Baan’s photograph of Manhattan, half aglow and half dark, captured the larger story of a powerful city rendered powerless. A true viral phenomenon, the image became an instant icon of the event—magazine cover that many New Yorkers have saved for posterity. In fact, a poster version was offered for sale by the Museum of Modern Art.

This portrait shows an exceptional example of the after-effects of Hurricane Sandy. The lighting's very cool because it shows half of the city turned on and the other half turned off. It almost creates a sort of barrier between one side and the other. It communicates a sense beautiful chaos in the eyes of the reader.