Image analysis on front cover of rnb mag

I love the image on this magazine. Its got no colour to it and got no lighting in it at all. The props work so well in the dark though, the gold chain and the gold ring and the gold sides on his shades have all been made to stand out and add colour to the image. The gold is also a conventional code telling the audience that he has money, is confident to wear these, is rather bad but not too bad, you wouldn't see anyone on the front of a pop magazine wearing all gold chains and rings and being dressed in black with a hat and shades on. So the props give away the genre, so the targeted audience will know straight away what magazine it is. He also has tattoos, more than 1, which shows the representation that he's a masculine male, he likes to dress nice and look good and wear all designer, expensive stuff that stands out in peoples faces, but he doesn't overdo it, he still has the big build body and tattoos which shows of his masculinity side. The pose adds to this, his arms crossed, hand over mouth, the head tilt just tops it off and shows that he is confident, strong, not aggressive but arrogant.