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Portrait Mode Covers

TBWA\Media Arts Lab, Los Angeles / APPLE / 2018

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Overview

Description

Research told us the camera on the iPhone was one of the biggest reasons to either upgrade to a new iPhone, or switch from Android to iPhone. So we wanted to highlight one of the most compelling and differentiating features of the iPhone 7 Plus - Portrait Mode. We knew Portrait Mode worked best when it was taken of people, so we wanted to demonstrate this for consumers and show them the output they could achieve. We also knew magazines are inherently a visually gripping medium and the front and back cover are the most coveted placements on them. But while brands have always advertised on the back cover, they've never touched the front cover. That’s reserved for photography. So pairing Portrait Mode with the front cover of magazines became the perfect match to show off the photography you could achieve with iPhone 7 Plus and Portrait Mode.

Execution

Partnering with leading publications and world renowned photographers, we shot the covers of some of the world’s biggest magazines with Portrait Mode on the iPhone 7 Plus, and ran an ad on the back cover highlighting this fact. Turning the entire front and back cover of each magazine into an ad for the camera on the iPhone 7 Plus. The campaign partnered with over 20 magazines globally across multiple interest verticals (travel, tech music, fashion, cooking, etc) and generated 1.4B world wide impressions + had a total worldwide reach of 109.6m people.

Outcome

This campaign partnered with over 20 magazines globally across multiple interest verticals (travel, tech music, fashion, cooking, etc). Had a total worldwide reach of 109.6m people.

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