Music has always been present in my life ever since I can remember: from listening to vinyl (with music made for kids) as a child, to buying my first CD with my own money, to attending hundreds of concerts, to playing drums in my late teens, to finally making a career out of photographing musicians performing live. Adding that to my passion for movies and it’s easy to understand why Music Videos were destined to become another obsession of mine early on.
In this post, I want to explore something that is not always given that much attention, which is when music videos establish some sort of dialogue with the album art of the record that specific song came from. Sometimes is very literal, but sometimes it can be a bit more subjective too. Here are 10 examples:
album: James Blake - James Blake / music video: The Wihelm Scream
album: Jamie Cullum - The Pursuit / music video: Don't Stop The Music
album: Céu - Vagarosa / music video: Grains de Beaute
album: Black Drawing Chalks - Life is A Big Holiday For Us / music video: My Favorite Way
album: Korn - Follow the Leader / music video: Freak on a Leash
album: Mika - Life in Cartoon Motion / music video: Lollipop
album: Ben L’Oncle Soul - Ben L’Oncle Soul / music video: Soulman
album: Katy Perry - Teenage Dream / music video: California Gurls
album: Paramore - Riot / music video: Misery Business
album: White Rabbits - It's Frightening / music video: Percussion Gun
Let me know if you’d like to see more, as I’m considering a part 2 or maybe even turning this into a series in the future!