The Art Of The Publicity Photo
Lesson Three: Originality
Many Cowboy Hats

Nashville is a big town with big record companies making big money on big artists. Every day, in big art agencies big time decisions are made about what the next big album cover should look like. And it goes something like this......

Photographer: "Well J.R., do you think we should shoot that boy in a black hat, facing right, or a white hat facing left?" Art Director:"Let's try something new and radical.... How about in a brown hat facing forward?"

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