New York magazine’s Hurricane Sandy cover won the American Society of Magazine Editors' cover-of-the-year award.
ASME's citation reads:
Shot on the Wednesday evening after Hurricane Sandy hit, Iwan Baan's photograph of Manhattan, half aglow and half dark, captured the larger story of a powerful city rendered powerless. A true viral phenomenon, the image became an instant icon of the event -- [and a] magazine cover that many New Yorkers have saved for posterity. In fact, a poster version was offered for sale by the Museum of Modern Art.Details HERE.