i-D Magazine Cover Analysis

Here is an example of the front cover of i-D magazine. This cover in particular is very simple with only one main close up image of the artist (Leona Lewis') face. It uses a very neutral colour palette and no bright colours are used to stand out. 
I like this cover because the image is used as the focal point and main focus of the cover. I may experiment with using a similar style in my own work. 
There are very few cover lines on this publication further emphasising the photograph and making it the main focus. The masthead is written vertically on this cover, which I think is a good design feature and makes this magazine differ to many others that target a similar audience.