The decision is always made in a room. Not in the final image, not at the printing press, not in the distribution deal that places the issue on a particular shelf in a particular city. In a room where several people are looking at photographs...

Left and Center: Penguin Books Publisher I Right: Corgi Books The covers don't agree on a decade, a style, or a designer. One is painterly, its palette warm and soft, the girl's eyes downcast over a bright red apple. One is photographic, its face filtered through...