3 cover stories in our archive
Behind the Covers' archive includes 3 album covers documented under the "polaroid" design theme, spanning the 2000s, 2010s. These covers sit within the hip-hop, pop, alternative, indie, folk tradition and feature work by Tyler, The Creator, Taylor Swift, Neko Case. Each entry below includes the cover artwork, the designers and photographers behind it, and a short story about the visual choices that defined the release.
Tyler, The Creator designed his own cover for Flower Boy, creating a vibrant polaroid-style collage that perfectly captured his artistic evolution from dark provocateur to colorful creative.
A Polaroid-style portrait crops Swift's face below her eyes, creating mystery about the album's emotional content. The photography duo Lowfield shot over 400 Polaroid photographs for the project.
Neko Case commissioned Vancouver illustrator Julie Morstad for Fox Confessor Brings the Flood. Morstad was already making drawings informed by Russian folklore when she and Case discovered the same folklore thread behind the album title; her delicate, macabre illustration became the cover.