The Art of Album Covers

Left: The head of Medusa; probably a copy of Rondanini Medusa, which in turn is probably a Roman copy of a 5~4 BCE classical work from ancient Greece.

Right: Used (recolored) for the cover of Killing Joke's "Pandemonium" (Butterfly Records, 1994).

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@LaStrega

I find AltText a useful exercise in descriptive writing.

I like posting to The Art of Album Covers: side-by-side comparisons of images and their appropriation for album covers.

@Yourwullie started this, and I salute "Fritters" for the inspiration.

My earlier AltTexts were brief, now they are much longer. Am I getting this right for the blind and the VI?

Link us to other example AltTexts that work well. Tell us the ideal logical flow.

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The Art of Album Covers

Left: Gordon Parks, "Drinking Fountains, Mobile, Alabama" (1956)

Right: Used (slightly cropped, black and white) for the cover of Common's "Like Water for Chocolate" (MCA, 2000).

Gordon Parks was prominent in U.S. photography, both photojournalism and fashion, from the 1940s to the 1970s. Read about his work here: https://jackshainman.com/uploads/8400084/1608318614888/Parks_Press_Kit-compressed.pdf

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Left: Ambrosius Bosschaert d. J. - Middelburg 1609–1645 Utrecht «Stillleben mit Früchten auf Zinnteller; Römer, Melone und Grashüpfer» (Still life with fruit on a pewter plate; rummer glass, melon and grasshoppers)

Right: Used (slightly cropped) for the cover of Einstürzende Neubauten's "Tabula Rasa" (Mute, 1993).

"Tabula rasa" is a Latin phrase that means "blank slate", or "blank mind".

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The Art of Album Covers

I am becoming addicted to whatever that white rabbit puts in the hookah!

Background essay on the image used for Rip Rig + Panic's "GOD" (1981).

Read about it here: https://medium.com/@romanalanwrites/death-and-god-leopard-and-baboon-and-god-by-rip-rig-panic-43aac89ca473

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Left: Photo by John Dominis (LIFE 1966) "Leopard and Baboon".

Right: Used (without the leopard, which lost its spot) for the cover of Rip Rig + Panic's "God" (Virgin Records, 1981).

The backstory is that the leopard was captured and released near baboons so the encounters could be photographed. (https://www.life.com/animals/the-leopard-and-the-baboon-anatomy-of-a-classic-staged-life-photo/)

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David Wojnarowicz’s “Buffalo” is one of the most haunting artistic responses to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. Made in the wake of his own HIV-positive diagnosis, evoking feelings of doom and hopelessness. #RIP
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Used by U2 on the 1992 release 'One'
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Did you see that white rabbit? Followed it again and wrote an essay about an album cover I like, 1975's "Diamond Head" from Phil Manzanera. (This is becoming a rabbit habit!)

Read about it here: https://medium.com/@romanalanwrites/seein-the-west-city-of-los-angeles-and-diamond-head-1a12b6309057

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Union Pacific Railroad Company 1950s promotional postcard , 'Seein' The West By "Streamliner" ' (https://www.flickr.com/photos/old_things/28963868560/in/photostream/).

Used, with some interesting changes, for the cover of Phil Manzanera's "Diamond Head" (Island Records, 1975).

The image is UP's "City of Los Angeles" (EMD E9A No. 961), passing through Echo Canyon in Utah.

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Photo of the B52s that once hand colored, was used on their self titled debut album, released 1979.
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Taken by photographer George DuBose on 12th December 1977 in NYC
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The white rabbit! Followed it down a hole and wrote a essay about an album cover that fascinates me: 2001's "Darker Than Blue: Soul from Jamdown 1973-1980".

Read about it here: https://medium.com/@romanalanwrites/definitive-gaze-reggae-festival-and-darker-than-blue-soul-from-jamdown-1973-1980-57166065f02

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Brixton, London, 1974: "Reggae festival" photo by Chris Steele-Perkins (https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/chris-steele-perkins/)

Used by Blood and Fire / PK Records for "Darker Than Blue - Soul from Jamdown 1973-1980" (2001)

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@romanalanwrites Not at all, crack on - remember #TheArtofAlbumCovers

@Yourwullie

Wow! Keep them coming!

The original images and how they were used is fascinating!

Thank you for the ones you've put up so far.

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Our Lily / Arum Lily, 1937.
By Stefan Lorant
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Used by Cocteau Twins on Lullabies, released 1982
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Cuban Actress, Rose Lemoine pictured in the late 1800s.
Her image was also used in Dear Dead Days: A Family Album, by Charles Addams, 1959.
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Used by Siouxsie and the Banshees on Hong Kong Garden, released 1978
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The Art of Album Covers.
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Boys Escaping C.S. gas fired by British soldiers, Derry, Northern Ireland, 1971
Photo Don McCullin
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Used by Killing Joke on their debut studio album, released on 5th October 1980.
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Skeleton orchestra, from an exhibit in a health museum in Brussels, undated photo.
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Used by The Specials on Ghost Town, released 1981.
Designed by David Storey
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Jones Beach, Long Island, 1978.
Photo by Joe Szabo.
Used by Dinosaur Jr on Green Mind, released 1991.
The girl remains unidentified.
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