Folk artists typically feature art or imagery rather than photos of themselves on their album covers in order to emphasize the music over their personal image. Most folk album covers have small artist/album names and use art or references to folk art styles as the main visual element. Some artists like Frank Turner diverge from this by including a photo of himself playing guitar but still keeping the focus on the album name rather than promoting his own celebrity.

1. 2286000228600Folk–Rock Album Covers<br />20574002465705<br />43434006858635-4572002515235-91440025400 Looking at the album covers of several different folk artists, well and little known, it is obvious the focus is on the music and not the artist themselves. This is made clear by the fact most folk albums have art on the cover, rather then a picture of the band/artist. The names of the album/artist also tend to be quite small and are not the main feature of the cover. Frank turner doesn’t use the convention of having art, and has a picture of himself and the album name. But even then he is not looking at the camera and the focus is in the name of his album rather than himself. He’s also playing guitar so its clear he’s selling his music and not himself. A lot of bands base their album covers on popular folk art, for example there is great similarity between Laura Marling’s album cover and the style often used in Mexican folk art. <br />