TearsInHeaven Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 i would love her to work with Testino again on something quite fresh and natural like the ROL cover. but she seems to be so much into the heavily photoshopped stuff so i guess that is what we will get. anyway i know i will love it i'd prefer a mid-body or full body shoot but something cool and different like the Erotica cover would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animalinstinct Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Please work with Mert & Marcus again! She does tend to use very vivid colour on her album covers recently, so black and white would be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic_system Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Fabien Baron please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanracin Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 American Life was her last "great" album cover for me. Something more artistic like that again and less fashion mag-y like the last 3 album covers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erotica blu Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Fabien Baron please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Fabien is a god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Is that Fabien?! I always (stupidly) assumed that was Patrick Demarchelier, since he was the photographer for the Bedtime Stories session(s)... Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erotica blu Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Is that Fabien?! I always (stupidly) assumed that was Patrick Demarchelier, since he was the photographer for the Bedtime Stories session(s)... Awesome.Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 ^ Thanks for answering and for posting the photo, too, erotica blu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshade Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I could handle Fabien again. He consistently delivered good design. His Erotica work alone blew me away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I don't think that's completely out of the question, really, considering she's obviously still on good terms with him and has been connected with him professionally again. I'm just SO curious about the book project they've said he's been working on for her. I hope it wasn't just something related to the fragrance which has long since passed and I just somehow missed it! That said, I have a feeling it will just be Bianco again. Not sure who the photographer would be (toss up between Mert & Marcus and Klein, I would guess)... but I hope I'm wrong. Maybe she'll pull an AL and change it up. It's probably about time -- sorta fits the pattern. She did a couple albums with Fabien, then a couple albums with Reagan (plus a collection), then changed it up with M/M Paris. Now she's done three albums with Bianco (two with Klein photography, and one with Mert & Marcus photography). She changed things up with Celebration in between, but ... that was a little different, too, since it was the bookend on her time with Warner Bros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FedFed Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Amazing Yes I agree, I loved everything about that Album, sahme she has not used more of the photo shoot pix she took! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikki Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 yes fabien is very good.. not a big mert/marcus fan tbh.. (did they make the AL cover? i do like that one.. ) fabien is great with typography as well.. she needs someone with a strong graphic design team or a photographer who knows a lot about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddykrueger86 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Yes Fabien Baron! I would also love her to try something different. No face this time. Something like the Bedtime Story single cover with the rose bloom in the hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tumbleweedt Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Missed several exits today on the ride home preoccupied with this one. B R I L L I A N T opening of a thread. Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Amazing Yes I agree, I loved everything about that Album, sahme she has not used more of the photo shoot pix she took! See below re: the photo shoot pictures... The guns became problematic. I did like them, though, in their unaltered state. It is a bit of a shame they weren't seen more. Although they were in Q magazine, that was only in the UK, and I don't recall if they ended up in a U.S. publication. (I snagged an import copy of that Q issue, though!) yes fabien is very good.. not a big mert/marcus fan tbh.. (did they make the AL cover? i do like that one.. ) fabien is great with typography as well.. she needs someone with a strong graphic design team or a photographer who knows a lot about it. I agree about Fabien being very strong with typography. I notice that about his work, too. Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott are a team of photographers. They shot the (very limited) POP magazine portfolio back in early 2002 (?) which then got used on the single for "Die Another Day." They didn't photograph Madonna again until the (fabulous) black and white portfolio for INTERVIEW magazine (cover of which is pictured above, in relations to discussion of Fabien Baron). And then they were tapped for all the MDNA album photography, and they directed the "Girl Gone Wild" video, which I believe was a first for them (a la Herb Ritts -- first music video direction). As far as I know, Mert and Marcus are not graphic designers/artists... so ... they are not to be confused with the American Life album artwork, which was completed by M/M Paris (sometimes abbreviated as M/M). That was the only collaboration with M/M Paris (well, except for the "American Life" single artwork, I believe). Subsequent singles after the title track were handled by Kevin Reagan (and were shockingly sub-par for his previous work -- not to say that they are all bad -- there are qualities that can be appreciated -- but markedly less inspired than his Ray of Light, Music, and GHV2 work). Also, important to note that M/M Paris was not responsible for the photography of the American Life album. All the photographs were shot by Craig McDean. (Reportedly a very expensive photo shoot -- probably because of photoshopping out all the guns later?) Craig McDean also did the Marlene Dietrich-inspired Vanity Fair shoot of 2003, outtakes of which also ended up in the ICON "Nobody Knows Me" book/publication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerGirl Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I wouldn't mind Fabien. His work is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Juergen Teller photography with M/M Paris art direction sounds amazing. I wouldn't mind Mert & Marcus again if the work was the caliber of their Pop and Interview shoots. Although their MDNA stuff had it's moments it was pretty disappointing compared to Pop and Interview. Hopefully she moves on from Giovanni Bianco. He has always gone overboard with photoshop; he basically turned the MDNA pics into digital paintings. Something more organic (a la Juergen Teller) would be a nice change of pace. Plus it would fit stylistically if she really does go with a viking theme for the artwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erotica blu Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Juergen Teller photography with M/M Paris art direction sounds amazing. I wouldn't mind Mert & Marcus again if the work was the caliber of their Pop and Interview shoots. Although their MDNA stuff had it's moments it was pretty disappointing compared to Pop and Interview. Hopefully she moves on from Giovanni Bianco. He has always gone overboard with photoshop; he basically turned the MDNA pics into digital paintings. Something more organic (a la Juergen Teller) would be a nice change of pace. Plus it would fit stylistically if she really does go with a viking theme for the artwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerGirl Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Juergen Teller photography with M/M Paris art direction sounds amazing. I wouldn't mind Mert & Marcus again if the work was the caliber of their Pop and Interview shoots. Although their MDNA stuff had it's moments it was pretty disappointing compared to Pop and Interview. Hopefully she moves on from Giovanni Bianco. He has always gone overboard with photoshop; he basically turned the MDNA pics into digital paintings. Something more organic (a la Juergen Teller) would be a nice change of pace. Plus it would fit stylistically if she really does go with a viking theme for the artwork. Y E S! This is EXACTLY what I'm thinking. It would be something different for her, and especially after all those super glossy album covers. I do love glossy, but I also love the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerGirl Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Y A S! Juergen and Charlotte Rampling <3 Some of my favorite photos by Juergen: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 fabien his work is effortless and never gets outdated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerGirl Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 fabien his work is effortless and never gets outdated She has to work with Fabien again. He is a great art director, and also M/M Paris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5iVe Elements Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I want a black album with gold font. We haven't had tthat one yet. It's due. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pressston Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vocalism Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 As much as I love that photo shoot and think it's perfect for the title (maybe too perfect?), I would really like to see her do something more stripped down, a la ROL. Earthy, little makeup or hair styling. As hot as she looks these days, the over-the-top looks sort of age her. I think she would look more youthful and accessible without all that. I thought she was actually going in that direction for MDNA when the GMAYL cover dropped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic_system Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 As much as I love that photo shoot and think it's perfect for the title (maybe too perfect?), I would really like to see her do something more stripped down, a la ROL. Earthy, little makeup or hair styling. As hot as she looks these days, the over-the-top looks sort of age her. I think she would look more youthful and accessible without all that. I thought she was actually going in that direction for MDNA when the GMAYL cover dropped +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndvd25 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I love the GMAYL cover! Relax and cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip The Switch Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Can't wait when the first promo pics and the album cover leak!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pressston Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 As much as I love that photo shoot and think it's perfect for the title (maybe too perfect?), I would really like to see her do something more stripped down, a la ROL. Earthy, little makeup or hair styling. As hot as she looks these days, the over-the-top looks sort of age her. I think she would look more youthful and accessible without all that. I thought she was actually going in that direction for MDNA when the GMAYL cover dropped yes i totally agree this is what i want too. I did this artwork with "what we have" for now as new pics but i totally want something like you described above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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