Why is this album cover so effective?

[Holydeath]

The song is quite good. I am wondering why is the album cover looks so interesting even it is tilted?

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[fjrabon]

The main problem with being tilted is being slightly tilted. When the image is drastically tilted the brain just kind of accepts that it's not supposed to be straight and it can work on some shots. When the image is very slightly tilted, it's like your brain is constantly trying to straighten it, which makes the viewer feel uneasy about it.

 

[analog.universe]

All of the diagonal lines in the composition help as well... the angle of tilt is enhanced by all the other angles. Even the bit of text at the bottom has been angled to complement the lines around it.

 

[c.cloudwalker]

No idea.

The only thing I think of when seeing this image is that photos that are tilted for no reason I can understand will be the death of me.

I have seen some seriously bad art on album covers and this belongs in that category, imho.

 

[KmH]

↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ +1. It looks like someone was trying way to hard to be cool and artsy.
It seems the text added lower left would be more effective if it matched the angle of the shadows.

 

[RauschPhotography]

No idea. Not really appealing to me.

 

[gsgary]

I think the photographer has taken insperation from this shot
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[gsgary]

I think this is the photographer of the cover
Lawrence Watson

 

[DiskoJoe]

I like the tones and the use of light.

 

[robitussin217]

I don't like the use of light. It looks like the sun was photoshopped in between the couple which is makes viewing it kind of unpleasant to me.

 

[Infinite_Day]

Art is always in the eye of the beholder and this is an art shot. If it works for you it's not because it is an incredible piece of photography so far as technique goes - it's because the elements of the composition speak to you in some way. I think a lot of the people on here only look at things on the basis of technical merit and overlook a lot of the more abstract aspects of an image in such instances. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that because this forum tends to focus on proper technique for beginners - rather I am simply pointing out that sometimes there is more to an image than the rule of thirds and text book exposure. I, personally, think it's a good piece of album art because of what it's elements suggest in relation to the title of the song. In this regard I think it becomes irrelevant how the text lines up with the image or how the photographer was trying to be "artsy" though from a subjective viewpoint these things may have weight.