Cover image on Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde was 'a mistake' says photographer

Photo: Bob Dylan 'Blonde on Blonde'

The iconic, blurred photograph on Bob Dylan's seminal LP Blonde on Blonde, thought to convey the drug-taking frenzy of the era whilst sticking two fingers up to convention was all a mistake according to its photographer Jerry Schatzberg.

Speaking to rock critic Bob Egan, Schatzberg explains “It was pretty cold out... I know all the critics, everybody said, ‘Oh, they were trying to do a drug shot’. It’s not true. It was February, [Dylan] was wearing just that jacket, and I was wearing something similar, and the two of us were really cold.”

Shot around New York's meat-packing district, Bob Dylan personally chose the shot, which as we all know turned out to be something of a master stroke in what has become one of the most recognisable album covers of all time. Watch the full interview in the video below.

[Source: The Guardian]

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