| IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED YEARS SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY INTO CHINA IN THE 19 TH CENTURY.THE EMERGENCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY HAS BROUGHT THE PUBLIC A NEW VISUAL EXPERIENCE,BUT ALSO INADVERTENTLY AFFECTED PEOPLE’S THINKING AND BEHAVIOR.SINCE THE BIRTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY,PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF WIDESPREAD CONCERN AND IRREPLACEABLE IN THE FIELD OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ART.GIRLFRIEND,A LOCAL WOMEN’S MAGAZINE,WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN XI ’AN,SHAANXI PROVINCE."GIRLFRIEND" MAGAZINE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.IN THE EARLY 1990 S,IT BROUGHT GREAT VISUAL IMPACT AND ENJOYMENT TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST CHINA.WITH THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA’S SOCIAL INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE ADVENT OF THE PAPER MEDIA ERA,THE APPEARANCE OF MAGAZINES CHANGED PEOPLE’S READING HABITS.AT THE SAME TIME,MAGAZINE COVERS EMERGED AS A NEW CARRIER OF PORTRAIT PHOTOS.THE COMBINATION OF PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY AND MAGAZINE COVERS PRODUCED A NOVEL VIEWING EXPERIENCE FOR THE PUBLIC.PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY WITH MAGAZINE COVERS AS THE CARRIER HAS UNDERGONE THE CHANGES AND EVOLVEMENTS ALONG WITH THE DRASTIC SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGES,AND IT BEARS DIFFERENT SOCIAL FUNCTIONS AND HISTORICAL MISSIONS IN DIFFERENT PERIODS.THIS PAPER TAKES THE COVER PORTRAIT PHOTOS OF GIRLFRIEND MAGAZINE,WHICH WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN SHAANXI PROVINCE AS THE MAIN RESEARCH OBJECT.IN TERMS OF RESEARCH SCOPE,THE COVER PORTRAITS OF GIRLFRIEND MAGAZINE SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN 1988 TO THE PRESENT(2020)ARE SORTED OUT.BASED ON THE TIME AXIS,THIS PAPER ANALYZES THE MAIN FEATURES AND ARTISTIC FEATURES OF THE COVER PORTRAITS OF GIRLFRIEND MAGAZINE IN DIFFERENT PERIODS.AND THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNOLOGY FOR MAGAZINE COVER PORTRAIT PHOTO PRESENTATION IMPACT.AT THE SAME TIME,COMBINING WITH THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF SHAANXI,IT REVEALS HOW THE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY IN MAGAZINE COVER PHOTOS SHAPES THE IMAGE OF WOMEN.FINALLY,BASED ON THE BACKGROUND OF THE TIMES,THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY REFLECTED WHEN THE COVER OF "GIRLFRIEND" WAS TAKEN AS THE CARRIER WERE ANALYZED,AND THE EVOLUTION PROCESS OF THE COVER OF "GIRLFRIEND" WAS SUMMARIZED AND THE CHANGES OF ITS FUNCTIONALITY WERE INTERPRETED. |