Christina Burroughs

Data analysis of over 700 JET magazine covers from 1951-2008 dissected to create two posters /patterned wallpaper samples characterized to specific data. Click on the images to find out more.

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-visible shift style from bright backgrounds with b&w images and simplistic shapes to more of a mainstream/PEOPLE magazine-like aesthetic

-apparent change from the promotion of emerging talents to big-name talent, but still showed big news focused on black people

-shift from "negro" to "black"

-most appearances: Eartha Kitt, Dorothy Dandridge, Michael Jackson, & Bill Cosby