Back in the day, I shot for magazines.  Real magazines.  The kind you bought at a newsstand.  The kind you held in your hands.  The kind that mattered.

When a new issue dropped and my photo was on the cover?  That feeling was unreal.  You’d walk past the racks and there it was — your work staring back at you. Ink, paper, gloss, weight.  It meant something.  It was permanent.  It was proof.

These days there aren’t many print magazines left.  The world changed.  Everything’s digital, everything’s fast. I get it.  But I still miss the anticipation.  The smell of fresh print.  The rush of seeing your image larger than life on a cover or spread.  Those were good times.  Powerful times.

So I’ve been thinking about the shoots that meant the most — the ones that pushed me creatively, the ones that captured lightning, the ones that still hit hard decades later.  Here are my 10 favorite editorial shoots of all time…

  1. Perry Farrel | Exposure Magazine
  2. George Harrison | Musician Magazine
  3. Fiona Apple | CMJ Magazine
  4. Michael Hutchence | Detour Magazine
  5. Red Hot Chili Peppers | SPIN Magazine
  6. Nirvana | Creem Magazine
  7. Morrissey | RayGun Magazine
  8. No Doubt | SPIN Magazine
  9. Iggy Pop | CMJ Magazine
  10. Alice In Chains | Rolling Stone Magazine
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