Modernist Writers. Cover illustration for the Fall 2013 issue of the
Modern Fiction Studies journal by Johns Hopkins University Press.
This was a special issue on Modernist Life Narratives: Biography, Autobiography, Bildungsroman,
and featured essays on each of the writers shown here.
From left to right
Top row: Lili Elbe, Assia Djebar, V.S. Naipaul, Virginia Woolf.
Middle: Truman Capote.
Bottom: Agnes Smedley, Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein.
Bottom: Agnes Smedley, Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein.
The simple black and white version above worked best for the journal. I had also played with colors, looking for a more contemporary and unexpected look and feel.
