Robert Mapplethorpe’s photo of Patti Smith on the sleeve of Horses is considered one of music’s best. But the story of their friendship between the two is more beautiful, writes Stephen Dowling.

The cool romance of Robert Mapplethorpe’s cover photo for Patti ... Zeppelin’s unforgettable first album cover, and the clever, semi-surreal echo of that classic in David Juniper’s design ...

Few album covers are as evocative as Patti Smith’s Horses. Photographed by Robert Mapplethorpe, the cover features a striking black-and-white image of Smith in a white shirt with a black jacket ...

10. Patti Smith: Horses Robert Mapplethorpe’s photograph for the cover of Patti Smith’s landmark debut album, Horses, might not have been trying to make a statement with her androgynous attire ...

An album cover is much more than a place for a musician to stamp his or her name. The right imagery can help create a totally immersive experience. From The Velvet Underground to Radiohead, some ...

In 1967, Robert Mapplethorpe was a 20-year-old Catholic ... The iconic cover image, as famous these days as album covers get, was shot by Mapplethorpe; he took just 12 pictures before he knew ...

the album cover has become a unique artistic medium all its own. Many of history’s greatest records are synonymous with the artworks in which they are encased—think of Robert Mapplethorpe’s ...

Robert Mapplethorpe sure did ... but also silkscreens, books, album covers, and several videos. In one way or another, all explore sexual identity and gender. They range in date from 1973 to ...

The portrait album cover is as common ... to trace the origins of six covers that simultaneously highlight the best of art photography. Unlike Mapplethorpe’s later work, which fixated on ...

It is the cover of Patti Smith’s debut album Horses, taken in a Greenwich Village apartment sometime in 1975 by Smith’s longtime friend, Robert Mapplethorpe. Mapplethorpe and Smith were both ...