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If you hadn't turned on the air conditioning the night before, you'd wake up knowing you were hot. I couldn't get up and open my eyes, so I had to half-close, find toothpaste, squeeze on the toothbrush, and then continue to sleep and brush my teeth at the same time, until I started washing my face, and then slowly woke up. Before going out, you must turn on the air conditioner to cool yourself before you dare to walk into the city under the sun.
After the summer solstice, the heat in Beijing finally broke out, hotter than ever, and I don't know if this is an illusion. The sound of cicadas had been noticed since that day, and they could now be heard everywhere—though they could only hear how lively the bushes were, nor could they see any other bugs.
I was in the wilderness of Vancouver just last spring, guessing that I would be able to see the vibrant jungle in the summer, and then I heard the local guide say, "Not necessarily, because many bugs wake up earlier than before." "We saw that some of the endless bushes were glowing red or brown. Don't think it's a charming autumn, but a dead tree. "Because of the warming climate, many pests wake up earlier than beneficial insects and birds, so the pests flood and moth the entire forest."
This story leads me to believe that the heat around me may not be an illusion: the summers ahead will be hotter. There will be watermelons, there will be beaches, there will be popsicles, but what about the summer ahead?
We only know what the past summer has been like. If depicted (or recorded) accurately enough, summer is a solidified picture, a rich color, an infinitely prolonged atmosphere.
Sitting in an air-conditioned room, I collected more than twenty magazine covers designed for summer, all from the past, but the sense of season is coming, and I want to show you who are trapped by heat waves or plum rain. Although one day the magazine may not really be there, but the summer will always come and go, we can still find something worth cherishing.
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THE NEW YORKER
2018.7.9 & 7.16
Who wouldn't want to lie on a swimming ring and float with the waves? The cover of the June 2018 issue of THE NEW YOKER is from artist Mark Ulriksen, a former artistic director of San Francisco Magazine, and is the 60th cover he has contributed since working with THE NEW YOKER in 1993.
His style blends a love of dogs and baseball, painting in an exaggerated, quirky, angular way of expression, while not forgetting the nature of light-hearted humor. Inspired by the experience of growing up with dogs, Mark Ulriksen believes that dogs are natural companions, and his kind, fun and unsinkable personality makes him more willing to try dog-themed paintings.
The theme of this issue cover is "downtime", and the day when even the dog is on vacation is the real shutdown vacation day.
2/22
Esquire ES
2017.6
It's a cry from the pool, they don't really want you to splash in the water, but the state of being comfortable in the water is in place. The Spanish June 2017 issue of Esquire featured photographer John Loengard's footage of four big Beatle boys swimming in the pool.
The photo was taken in 1964, when the Beatles were rehearsing for the Ed Sullivan show while being photographed by Life magazine. The boys offered to have a gentle pool and an undisturbed afternoon, so they produced the cover in their most natural state and published it in the August issue of Life magazine that year. Many people did not know at the time that the cover was originally colored, and it was not until the February 1984 issue ushered in the tone that had been processed by the photographer that everyone saw the original appearance of the photo.
The photographer believes that the expressiveness of the photograph itself is not very rich, but the historical background and attraction make it appear continuously.
3/22
Take Me to the Lakes
Munich Edition
"Take me to the lake!"
As if at the beginning of a summer novel, the story is about to begin, the temperature is gradually rising, unlike the vastness of the sea, the lake is hidden and quiet, and the smooth surface of the lake has a reflection of the world, the sky, the clouds, and the troubles that belong only to summer.
From Berlin and Munich to Hamburg and North Rhine-Westphalia, The Gentle Temper, an independent publishing house from Berlin, has compiled its passion for nature and the outdoors into a travel guide around the lake, exploring the shores of German cities one by one, hoping to encourage readers to actively explore the beauty of nature.
On the cover of each volume, you'll see a lake from the city, with more than 50 lakes waiting to be discovered. When I first saw it, I could even recall standing in the lake, the slight tingling sensation of my shoulders burned by the sunlight, the moisture not yet completely evaporating, the greedy tall grass obscuring the sand road to the lake, the little child in swimming trunks climbing up the branches hanging above the lake, and summer came just after he pounced and jumped into the water.
4/22
MAD Magazine
1976.1
As an old humor magazine in the United States, MAD Magazine had 2 million readers in 1974, from lifestyle, entertainment culture to politics and public figures, can become the object of its satire, and it is this spirit of running the magazine to attract more and more audiences, so that from April 1957 to February 2001, the magazine did not rely on any advertising revenue, independently.
When the January 1976 issue hit the shelves, six months after the release of the first Jaws movie, the cover featured directly from the movie poster, the only difference being that the person swimming on the water was replaced by the magazine's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, a freckled little boy with some squinty eyes and a smile missing one front tooth, and a cute mantra " What do I have to worry about?" ”
When a good summer is associated with a spooky great white shark, nothing dispels that fear more than this mantra.
5/22
HOLIDAY
1958.6
This is a cover from the June 1958 issue of HOLIDAY magazine, and in the early twentieth century, thanks to the development of transportation technology, Bermuda became one of the favorite travel destinations for american, Canadian and British tourists.
The history of HOLIDAY Magazine can be divided into two parts. In 1946, the magazine was officially launched in Philadelphia, USA, and its first year of market circulation reached 425,000 copies, and "an international travel wish manual" is the reader's evaluation of it.
In addition to using the word Holiday to show the core spirit, the magazine chooses to invite a writer to follow the photographer's cooperative model to a destination for sightseeing and visiting each issue. In a 1949 issue of the magazine, the American writer E.B. White wrote a 7,500-word essay about New York, which Vanity Fair commented on was not only the most famous, but also the best of all the articles about New York, and after the events of 9/11, Vanity Fair republished this article in a publication to remember New York's former glory.
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1957.3
The March 1957 issue invited the American poet Ogden Nash on a trip to Baltimore, and produced a feature on trendy new hotels in the Caribbean, when the nascent island was almost everyone's dream getaway, so there was nothing more tempting than a cover for sunbathing by the sea or sleeping under palm trees.
By 1961, the magazine, which promoted good travel, was making $10 million a year, but just three years later, the sudden death of editor-in-chief Ted Patrick and the disagreement between the remaining four editors and curtiss Publishing, the magazine's own company, eventually led to the dissolution of the team. In 1977, the magazine was officially discontinued because it was sold.
7/22
2017 Spring/Summer
Thirty-seven years later, HOLIDAY magazine was officially republished in 2014 in paris, France, in the form of a biennial, and the overall spirit of travel and adventure is still retained, but according to the official introduction, this is no longer an American-style HOLIDAY, "Although it is an English publication, it is inherently French." ”
In the spring/summer of 2017, HOLIDAY traveled to California to try to explore the true face of the city that has always been shrouded in a mysterious aura. In addition to inviting photographers from Bruce Weber and Inez & Vinoodh to capture the landscapes that belong to the American West, the magazine also recalls David Hockney's early years in Los Angeles.
In any case, the city has always had countless intimate ties with palm trees.
8/22
theLAnd
2017 Los Angeles Weekly (L.A. After Weekly was sold, the publication, which was so powerful in the local news industry, lost the impartiality it had always insisted on, and new holders tried to use the publication to thwart progressive ideas and confuse the public.
At the same time, a large number of editorial staff were abruptly laid off after completing the acquisition. Employees then began using the #BoycottLAWeekly (Boycott Los Angeles Weekly) hashtag on social networks to resist its disruption of the news industry, and five of the editors simply re-founded an independent magazine to protest, the theLAnd magazine.
Up to 140 pages of content are based on what is happening in the local area, and the news that is closely related to the local people is reported and recorded. The journal's slogan was also enlarged on the cover – from the locals, By locals.
Not only that, but the magazine has chosen to be freely available to the public in various business districts, and the iconic Summer Palm Avenue on the cover represents not only the city, but also the will of the new magazine – to protect the city of angels with action.
9/22
Harper's BAZAAR
1964.6
Maintaining elegance and style on the beach isn't easy, but the uniform white piece immediately adds to the look. As a fashion magazine with more than 150 years of circulation and 32 editions worldwide, Harper's BAZAAR is by no means limited to providing you with seasonal fashion trends.
In the last century, beachwear was more emblematic of the public's attitude from discreet dress to bold fashion than trendy, and by the mid-1950s, Brigitte Bardot, a French model in a bikini, had more closely linked swimwear to sexiness. The cover of this issue in 1964 is also an appeal to women to express and express themselves confidently and boldly.
10/22
GQ
1967 Summer
Founded in 1931, the men's fashion magazine GQ initially reached wholesale buyers and retailers to advise those industry insiders. After being acquired by Condé Nast Group, it began to change the original content and add articles introducing fashion. It is now a more casual publication for younger readers.
This cover of the Summer 1967 issue was taken by photographer Leonard Nones, who created a holiday pullover in a cotton tasseled jumper on the deck of Madeira Island. Islands, coconut palms and neatly lined fishing boats, is there anything more in line with summer imagination?
11/22
GQ ES
2013.7/8
Malena Costa, who debuted as a model at the age of 11, was only 24 years old when she appeared on this cover. Inspired by five classic films, Perfect Perfection, Blue Sea Tracking, 007: Death by a Chosen Day, The Great Flood and Lolita, Malena Costa recreates the summer scenes of female characters appearing in the film.
The styling that appears on the cover is inspired by the official poster for the 1962 film Lolita, directed by American director Stanley Kubrick.
If you are familiar with the storyline of this film adapted from Nabokov's novel of the same name, you will know the charm of the girl portrayed in it - red lollipops, red heart-shaped glasses, and the sweet breath of summer.
12/22
VOGUE
1939.6.28
Whether it's a beach resort, or the cool sea breeze and drinks on hand, you'll always find your own way to record your summer beachtime. If you choose a piece that is closely related to the waves, it must be a surfboard.
Photographer Toni Frissell traveled to Hawaii to photograph men and women on the waves learning surfing skills as a cover story for VOGUE june 1939. It is worth mentioning that before the 1930s, the cover of VOGUE magazine was mainly illustrated, and the free and rough illustrations were grotesque and abstract. By the late 1930s, some covers began to be provided by photographers, and the era of painted covers slowly came to an end. This issue of covers was born in the transition period from painted covers to celebrity covers.
13/22
1952.7/8
The 1952 VOGUE cover is more like a fashion poster, with a large area of pink use adding a sweet flavor to the summer holidays. If you've browsed the fashion publications of the last century, you're no stranger to this side face. Lisa Fonssagrives is known as the "first supermodel" born in Sweden, and she has shown better physical expression than ordinary people after receiving ballet training from an early age.
In the 1930s and 1950s, she appeared on the covers of many magazines, including Time Magazine, Vanity Fair, VOGUE and Harper's BAZAAR, with perfect side contours and soft and graceful body lines becoming her labels. Almost all famous photographers photographed her at the time, and she has become a benchmark for countless women to pursue fashion.
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1955.7
Without the shelter of a parasol, it is the coolest in the shade of a tree. Sunlight shines through the leaves on every inch of skin and is also a way to turn on a summer vacation. The cover of vogue in the July 1955 issue is more like unlocking a new holiday photo pose, with the right lines of the rattan chair and the comfortable and natural composition, and the slightly blank picture composition is more in line with the cool visual effects of summer.
15/22
The Saturday Evening Post
1928.7.28
This image depicting a group of boys swimming and frolicking in the water was the cover of the Saturday Evening Post on July 28, 1928. The boys have vivid expressions and distinct personalities, and the overall picture layout is full of colors, full of childlike fun and a strong summer playful atmosphere.
The illustrator of this illustration, Eugene Iverd, is a native of the United States and became a high school art lecturer after graduating from the St. Paul College of the Arts in Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he became nationally famous for his covers for the Saturday Evening Post, The Lady's House, and American Magazine, including 29 covers for the Saturday Evening Post between 1926 and 1936. Eugene Iverd is good at constructing and showing children's play scenes, and his children's models are from Erie, Pennsylvania, and the closeness to nature allows him to capture children in the sun, by the campfire and on the ice, and the fun and healthy state of childhood are also on the paper, which is loved by many readers.
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1947.8.16
The boy was lying on the jumping platform, sneaking into the details of the pool. Maybe they are afraid of heights and dare not jump directly into the pool, or maybe they are still examining the other boys' games in the pool to decide whether to join or not. Isn't that what we do when we were kids?
The August 16, 1967 cover boy, drawn by Norman Rockwell, shows the boy, his youngest son, Peter, who let him climb to the top and record his look of fear. "When you look up at the board, twenty feet doesn't look that high. But when you look down from that height, its height is there. Many fathers let their children understand more through such "teasing" or "forcing".
As an important American painter of the 20th century, his works were loved by audiences, and Stephen Spielberg and Michael Jackson bought his paintings many times, including "The Problem We See Together" on the wall of the White House office. He contributed as many as 322 covers to the Saturday Evening Post, and the idealism and sensibility of his paintings have been questioned, but that did not prevent him from being named "the most beloved artist of the twentieth century" by The New York Times.
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1958.8.16
Going to the beach without lying on the beach for sunbathing is simply the biggest waste.
This cover from the Saturday Evening Post was written by illustrator Kurt Ard. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, he has illustrated the covers of many American magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post, Kurt Ard's style is more humorous and witty life scenes, barbershops, photo studios, fitting rooms are his inspiration, and the rich color contrast and full picture become the business card of his work.
18/22
1944.8.5
As an American magazine, THE NEW YOKER mainly publishes news reviews and some prose novels, comic poetry and other works. Although the publication's main focus is on the cultural life of New York, it has captured many international readers. Serious political and social issues are always reflected in witty caricatures, and it has influenced many magazines, including the Chicagoan and the Parisian publication The Boulevardier.
Since its launch in 1925, the magazine has featured illustrated comics and thus includes illustrators with their own humorous cells. Barbara Shermund, one of the cover authors of the August 1944 issue, is one of them, and her humorous brushstrokes and vivid personality color scheme are highly recognizable on many covers. Lying lazily on the beach, leisurely hiding under the umbrella, playing with the sand without anyone around, the most ordinary vacation picture is the most likely to evoke the heart of yearning.
19/22
1997.7.21
Summer belongs to New Yorkers. Even on boring city buses, New Yorkers can still enjoy themselves. In the bus, which is made up of different skin tones and hair colors, beach pants and pearl necklaces coexist, black-haired girls wearing bear motifs and tattooed boys in the back row of dancing snakes, and surfers who have not had time to take off their swimming goggles, even a displeased bus driver cannot weaken this warm happiness.
Cover author Robert Sikoryak is an American illustrator who specializes in comic book adaptations of classic literature.
The 1964-born artist still works to this day and has a very cute self-portrait as the profile of a social networking site.
20/22
1986.6.16
Susan Davis is a self-taught artist whose work has appeared regularly in magazines and books around the world, including The Washington Post, The New Yorker, American Illustrated, Elle, and more. In addition to this, she has created illustrations for several children's picture books, which also makes her style always maintain a childlike optimism and innocence. The cover she created for THE NEW YORKER in June 1986 is still childlike, with a girl in short-sleeved shorts walking along the riverbank with a long fishing net and a puppy, and before the New York heat of early summer has arrived, people can also enjoy the rare pink sky and the distant orange horizon, before the real summer arrives.
In 1997, Davis unfortunately suffered from a malignant brain tumor that paralyzed her right hand used to paint, and for the next two years, she insisted on completing 7 oil paintings and a series of gouache paintings with her left hand, which, although the paintings lost their previous exquisite skills and accurate grasp of color, still revealed sincere joy and the high recognition that belonged to Davis himself.
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2014.8.11 & 8.18
The August 2014 the new YORKER cover theme is "Siesta," a Spanish word that is difficult to translate directly into other languages. Usually refers to the time when the Spaniards have finished a sumptuous and long lunch and taken a nap before ushering in the afternoon work. During this time, the whole of Spain came to a temporary standstill. The wind and the leaves are still, even the sun is still, the book in your hand has not turned to the next page for a long time, only time flows quietly, when the first wind blows the page, summer is about to usher in the end.
The cover was written by Italian cartoonist Lorenzo Mattotti, who made him famous in the comic book world in 1986 with Fire. Unlike most cartoonists, his comics place great emphasis on the interpretation and enrichment of pictures by words. In addition to cartoonists, Mattotti is also a director, and his animated film The Bear's Famous Invasion of Sicily was first screened at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
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i-D
2011 Summer
The British bimonthly magazine i-D, known for its street style and youth culture, has established its iconic image in the industry through the cover of one closed eye after another. The summer issue of 2011 featured six covers under the theme "The Hedonist," when the debut british male model Patrick O'Donnell, the only male model of the issue, took the first cover and was officially introduced to readers in the same edition of The Sound of Now.
The magazine chose long-time British photographer Alasdair McLellan to shoot on film, including this cover, as well as more than a dozen inside pages that were included in the photographer's own personal portfolio, Ultimate Clothing Company, published in 2013.
The imagery of summer is too rich, but young – a rare treasure of the season. ☁️
It's a pleasure to meet you, the following are all my favorites
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