Bjork Vespertine Album Cover

Bjork Vespertine Album Cover - Photography by Inez and Vinoodh

Context & Aesthetic:
This is an album cover made by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin who are a Ducth fashion photographer duo who are known for their work in fashion magazines and advertisements. They were both born in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Inez was born on 25th September 1963 and Vinoodh was born on 29th September 1961. The name of this art piece is Bjork Vespertine Album Cover. It was made using a piece of acetate and placing it on a piece of photopaper on the board of an enlarger while the negative of the Bjork was placed in the 'neg carrier', then image created was exposed to light to appear on the photopaper. I have chosen to to analyse this picture in particular because these two artists inspired me to make my own acetate & negative prints. The contrast between the black, white and grey soft tones resemble the way Bjork is calmly resting which I think creates an effect on the public as it allows them to view it in a particular way.

Meaning:
I would say that this picture ties into two themes; doodling and portraiture. This is because the acetate image is done as a doodle, and the picture of Bjork is clearly a portrait. I think that the work has been done as a symbolisation to convey a calm image/message to the public informing us on the type of music featured on the album. This is because firstly, Bjork is calmly resting on the front cover. Secondly the drawn image of the swan also conveys a peaceful message as those birds are known to represent peace and calmness.

This is a picture that I made after being inspired by the Bjork Vespertine Album Cover. First I took a photo of a scenery outside using an SLR camera. I then made the design using tracing paper. The settings I used for the photo that I took were: F.8 and I used 2 seconds to expose it to the light. Unfortunately this picture came out too dark therefore I did the experiment again using the same negative and pattern using F.5.6 and 1.5 seconds which allowed the image to look alot clearer and brighter.