Newsweek International needed a cover for a special edition supplement. The editors had a pretty clear idea of what they wanted so I followed the faxed sketch closely. Forecasting global financial markets. For the crystall ball, I used the large condenser lens from a 4x5 darkroom enlarger. It's a convex planar piece of glass that becomes spherical when shot with the distortion of a wide angle lens on the camera.
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