Laura Fields conducts a much deserved investigation and analysis of recent covers of The New York Times that prominently feature photographs of women in the cover image. Fields’ method of celebration and inquiry includes the reproduction of a linear pattern existing in the cover photograph- whether it be from a piece of cloth or made of metal pipes cascading down from the captured environment. These paintings, when positioned across from their inspiration, produce the urge to scour each photograph for the circumstance that led to Fields’ interpretation. Far from a publication that merely documents the Times’ approach to cover stories centered around women, Fields’ application of the visual vernacular surrounding abstract painting elevates each isolated area of choice; a viewer is left with a satisfying urge to reconcile Fields’ extrapolated painting with the headline and narrative presented.
