Descriptive Analysis
- Beautiful line drawings mixed with photographs collage
- simple outlines of the face - confidence
- hair has great line quality-tone
- eyes/face/ear collages from photographs adding depth
- very busy in the centre but space is left on the right
- black and white image
- faces express character - deferent angles McCartney "he knew us well enough to capture us rather beautifully in the drawings"
- focuses on the members of the band - shows their banta/friendship through the collaged imagery
Contextual Analysis
- Label- Parlophone
- August 5 1966 - 3 days later in US
- Grammy Award for Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts 1967
- 7th Album
- Paul McCartney " we suddenly thought 'hey, what does a record do? it revolves"
- Band loves a pun (not a gun)
- one of the earliest albums of the psychedelic era
- Klaus Voormann - spacey collage of drawings complemented songs that reflected their LSD experimentation during its production
- pen and black ink drawings
- collaged black and white photos taken by Bob Whitaker (to stand out in the muddle of colourful album covers) 'the artist chose black and white in an act of rebellion against the fashion for psychedelic covers'
- audience - Beatles fans - males and females interested in "classic" rock
- was payed £40- limit for cover art, didn't want to ask for more
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