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Originally Posted by namiie
Who, me? XD Oh no I'm not angry. When I have an idea in my head I just have to present it (with visuals when possible, of course) XD It's the speech & debate side of me, lol.
Hmm, that's a good point. The person who Photoshopped the Startin' cover probably isn't the same as the person who did these covers, and it's most likely the photographer changed too...and now that you bring it up, I suppose it has been more evident before. The big blonde curls in 2002 did seem quite classic American...I guess I'm just taken aback by these covers because they present the Caucasian-ness in a different form; I don't remember an actual cover in 2002 being this flashy in this sense XD; Just Ayu in lives and such.
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WHY DO I KEEP TYPO-ING OMG.
Anyways, I do the same thing you do. XD Except visuals are harder for me to create since my laptop and desktop are slow as hell. ;_;
The photographer makes a big difference... like Leslie Kee who did the Startin' cover really knows how to play with lighting and wind effects to make hair look extra voluminous, while some photographers like Kazuyoshi Shimomura who did A BEST 2 and such... are very fashion oriented and tend to make the models look plastic.
If I were to choose Ayu's best photographers, I'd rank them like this:
1) Leslie Kee
2) Keita Haginiwa
3) ND CHOW
Keita Haginiwa did some of Ayu's most poetic single covers, but Leslie Kee has done an amazing job with albums, and all-around shoots [magazines/singles/albums] are very well done by ND CHOW.
List of who worked on what single:
Toru Kumazawa:
Boys & Girls
kanariya
Fly high
Far away
SEASONS
SURREAL
AUDIENCE
M
evolution
Keita Haginiwa:
NEVER EVER
Endless sorrow
UNITE!
Dearest
H
Moments
Mitsuo Yamamoto:
Voyage
Leslie Kee:
Daybreak
&
INSPIRE
Startin'
Toru Kogure:
Free & Easy
Tadashi Ura:
[illustrator, aka painter of vogue's cover]
Me Company w/ Gregor McGregor:
forgiveness
Takashi Miezaki:
CAROLS
Kazuyoshi Shimomura:
STEP you
fairyland
talkin' 2 myself
ND CHOW:
HEAVEN
Bold&Delicious
BLUE BIRD
glitter
HIJIKA:
Together When..
Judging from the looks of this cover, it could be Kazuyoshi Shimomura, since he directed the PV..