If a picture is worth a thousand words, then D.W. Pine, Time’s creative director of 26 years who recently published his thousandth cover, certainly has a lot to say.

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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then D.W. Pine — Time’s longtime creative director who recently published his thousandth cover — certainly has a lot to say. Pine, who joined the ...

And being placed within the magazine’s red border “really changes someone,” Pine said. The creative director is loath to put any text on the magazine’s cover, instead letting the images ...