Lenny Kravtiz: Baptism
The first thing I thought when I saw this cover was ‘Is that Prince?’.
While the photo for the cover by Mark Seliger is beautiful and thought provoking, the choice of font makes comic sans almost seem like a better choice.
The design and art direction is credited to Len Peltier for whom I can find zero info on besides credits for other cover designs. So all blame for the typeface must go to Len :)
Update: Len has commented below to give more info behind the cover and also let me know that the type had nothing to do with him. It’s all Lenny’s fault. Stick to the tunes Lenny.
Mark Seliger was the chief photographer at Rolling Stone from 1992-2002 and after checking his site and a few galleries I realized he’s done so many memorable photos that have graced Rolling Stone. He always manages to make the stars look sexy yet interesting. I’ve posted a few of my favs below.
You can buy many of them here as large prints.
Mark was also the photographer behind the hard cover book on Lenny aptly titled Lenny Kravtiz.
Terry Richardson is also credited for photos which are for the booklet photos. I would post my favs of Terry’s work but they are all a little risque to say the lest. So I’ll just post this one which still makes me laugh when I see it.
The guitar featured on this cover is the same one (someone correct me if I’m wrong) from Lenny’s killer song and Mark Romanek’s killer film clip for Are You Gonna Go my Way?
