Research: magazine cover 1

This magazine cover features David Bowie, a popular musician from 1970's. From the main head shot of the star , David Bowie it fill's the majority of the page. We can gather that the majority of the magazine is about him, this means he is known as the main feature of this issue. The font,decoration and underlining draw inspiration from the stars signature orange, blue and black lighting stripe across his face  becoming indexical as it follows the signature style of the artist with the colours and style of the cover being very flashy and unique in style like the artist himself.

This magazine cover also applies to audience theorist  Richard Dyer " A star is not a person, they are an image" as photos of David Bowie from now and back in the 1970's all are similar and push the boundaries of social norms similar to the artist.