On Feb 17, 2006, at 12:48 PM, Charles Robinson wrote:
This reminds me of a record cover - the photo on the front of
Daniel Lanois' album: For the Beauty of Wynona.
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002MFM.
01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
This photo is really cool - but having that "AMERICAN EDITION"
stamped across the front of it does the image a true injustice -
I'm sure that was exactly Mr. Lanois' intent. "If you're not going
to let me publish the cover the way I want to, I'll put a big ugly
stamp on the front of it rather than changing the cover completely"
The (admittedly spooky) cover is an image called "The Knife" by Jan
Saudek. This person's photos range from making me think "oooh,
cool" to "whoa, that's way OUT there!".
(Original image here: caution - nudity: http://www.saudek.com/
main.php?lang=en&autid=1&from=1986&till=1990&proid=191 )
I love Jan Saudek's work. He's a cultural icon in the Czech
Republic. He has a number of books of his work, most of which are
not seen in USA book stores. I've brought a few back from European
trips.
Bob
