Lovedrive Edward "Kid" Ory as it were

as it were

For me the image is a wonderful combination of organic and honest photography maximised through the latest technology at the time serving a clear artistic and emotional sentiment

It’s funny really – I remember developing the shot in a makeshift darkroom in my bedroom – using chemicals that I kept in old fizzy drinks bottles

the white upside down figure is simply looking for his roots and therefore is heading down the tree rather than up to the branches

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was a change in artistic direction and could be described as the soundtrack to an unmade film

Lovedrive Edward "Kid" Ory as it wereThis Scorpions album cover design is one of a collection of archival inkjet prints that we released in 2014, celebrating previously unpublished album cover art from the Hipgnosis archives. Lovedrive was the sixth studio album by the German heavy metal band, released in 1979. The cover caused some controversy upon the album's release and was subsequently banned, with later pressings of the album bearing a simple design of a blue scorpion on a black