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    Feb 21, 2020 2 minutes
    —Jack Salzwedel, chair and CEO of American Family Insurance

    BEHIND THE COVER

    A New Picture of an American Icon

    AFTER TIME CREATED A VIRTUAL REALITY version of the 1963 March on Washington, we asked artist Hank Willis Thomas how he would translate that immersive experience on the cover.

    At a Jan. 19 photo shoot, Thomas—a co-founder of For Freedoms, a platform for artistic civic engagement—put his answer into action. He photographed actor Ty Brittingham, who served as to create the image you see on the cover. Thomas says he was excited to make a portrait of one of his heroes, as well as for the chance to explore the artistic potential of the emerging technology.

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