Through the Cover:
Elivs Presley's Albums and the stories they told
Through the Cover:
Elivs Presley's Albums and the stories they told
Through the Cover:
Elvis Presley's Albums and the stories they told
Through the Cover:
Elivs Presley's Albums and the stories they told
Project Overview
Project Overview
This publication explores how album covers tell stories beyond music, using Elvis Presley’s final decade as a lens. It examines how his visuals reflect shifts in identity, performance, and culture during the 1970s.
This publication explores how album covers tell stories beyond music, using Elvis Presley’s final decade as a lens. It examines how his visuals reflect shifts in identity, performance, and culture during the 1970s.
The Story
The Story
Across the 1970s, Elvis’s work sits alongside major cultural changes, from the rise of pop culture to the influence of counterculture and disco. These covers form the set used across the book, bringing together different moments from the decade in one place.
Across the 1970s, Elvis’s work sits alongside major cultural changes, from the rise of pop culture to the influence of counterculture and disco. These covers form the set used across the book, bringing together different moments from the decade in one place.
Shaping the Story
Shaping the Story
The book brings together Elvis’s albums from the 1970s with the cultural movements happening at the same time, letting the music sit within a broader context.
The book brings together Elvis’s albums from the 1970s with the cultural movements happening at the same time, letting the music sit within a broader context.
It is organized into sections that reflect different moments across the decade, shaped by both the albums and the cultural shifts around them.
It is organized into sections that reflect different moments across the decade, shaped by both the albums and the cultural shifts around them.
Album covers are paired with performance images across each spread, showing the music alongside how it was performed. This brings in not just the music element the visual identity around it especially through his stage presence and outfits which played a key role in how he was perceived.
Album covers are paired with performance images across each spread, showing the music alongside how it was performed. This brings in not just the music element the visual identity around it especially through his stage presence and outfits which played a key role in how he was perceived.
