A new exhibit at London’s Photographers’ Gallery celebrates the charismatic and overlooked artistry of album covers, and explores its influence on artists, musicians, fashion and photography.
With over 200 covers organised by theme and style, the collection features work by photographers who approached the album cover as an art form in its own right, transcending expectations of graphic design, editorial photography and conventional portraiture. In turn, it transformed the landscape of artists, photographers and musicians by questioning structure, composition and style.
Covers by Andy Warhol, David LaChapelle, Ed Ruscha, Guy Bourdin and William Eggleston sit alongside lesser-revered artists, representing the full scope of how cover photography became a visionary union of graphics, colour, light, fashion and creativity.
For the Record: Photography & The Art of The Album Cover is curated and presented in collaboration with collector and exhibition originator, Antoine de Beaupré, whose extensive collection of 15,000+ albums form the basis of the display.
The exhibit is open until June 12, and tickets are available here.
