The unrendered photograph used for Joni Mitchell’s fourth studio album “Blue” (1971).
Tim Considine, the photographer behind the 1968 portrait, quoted “It was indeed a black & white photograph [shown on the left] originally shot with an experimental instrument film rated at the then unheard of ASA (ISO) of 6000. And, yes, it had the microphone in it. The truth is, I hated the way it was rendered on the cover, an artistic decision by the art director, who processed it as a daguerreotype, thereby, in my opinion, heightening the contrast enough to remove all the softness and subtlety of the original image. So I made my own versions, both with and without mic for prints that are sold to collectors around the world. The version on this site is without the mic, but one with the mic included is requested just as often.”
Considine publicly considers this version “the album cover for Blue- the way it should’ve been” as of his website.
