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An Interview with Daniel Peterson
An Interview with Daniel Peterson
by John Motley
The role of album art is a challenging one: to capture, in graphic terms, the essence of the music the record contains. Not only does compelling artwork sell albums, but also the very best adds depth to a record. The latter is an aspiration of local artist Daniel Peterson. Although his photography is exhibited by Elizabeth Leach Gallery, he has also collaborated on album art for The Planet The, the Blow, Plants, and 31Knots. Most recently, he shot covers for Panther's debut Secret Lawns (Fryk Beat) and YACHT's I Believe in You. Your Magic Is Real (Marriage Records). While the YACHT cover features a relatively straightforward shot of a white-gloved Jona Bechtolt wielding a wand as smoke rises, it is a metaphor for all the studio wizardry in Bechtolt's schizoid production. The Secret Lawns cover is even better. Peterson layered ghostly images of Charlie Salas-Humara (AKA Panther) striking angular poses as pieces of hay descend around him. With the new YACHT album due out next Tuesday, I talked to Peterson by email about these recent shoots...
Read the actual interview at the Portland Mercury.
