Models on Magazine covers

For this type of research, I wanted to see the style and poses that have been expressed on magazines. 

I like this cover brought to us by NME. It's quite imposing and confident which is the kind of image I'd like to have representing my magazine.

This is quite a nice cover as a head and shoulder shot is quite different in my opinion as usually covers consist of mid shots just like the Rihanna shot above. For this picture to work however, volume of hair is needed to help fill the space as there is not body to focus on. 

This is another head/shoulder cover but involves props this time. Again hair is used as a main interest for the shoot. 

Now this cover shot is very unconventional as it consists of the model sitting down and still covers quite a large area on the page. This shot could work on a music magazine especially for an indie genre