Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Artist Research: Bob Egan

I found an article in a newspaper about this artist who found the locations of album covers and I felt that this could really link in well with my Graphics project , so I researched more into it. Most of his findings have been around New York, he has found the locations of many classics such as The Ramones, The Doors, Kiss, Van Morrison, West Side Story, Bob Dylan, Cyndi Lauper and many more.  Unfortunately I didn't keep the actual article, but it still inspired me to look at his work in depth.
This has given me several ideas for my project because although the Brand New Eyes album cover does not have a location on it, (nor would I have the funds to search for it anyway) I could try and find some places where the song might make you think of, for example in Brick by Boring Brick there is a line that goes "So go get your shovel and we'll dig a big hole to bury the castle" which creates an unusual image, which could be created through the power of photoshop or something.
This is his actual website where he documents his findings: http://popspotsnyc.com/