02.01.96 – John Taylor | B5 Records

A few weeks after shooting the Neurotic Outsiders for Maverick Records John Taylor asked me to shoot him for his first solo record.ย  It was for his label B5 Records.ย  I thought it was just for publicity, but it ended up being the cover.ย  Woo hoo!

I did the shoot at Smash Box in Santa Monica.ย  Did 3 simple set-ups in the studio and focused on John.ย  With musicians like John you have to stay out of the way and let them be themselves.ย  I always keep things simple.ย  My lighting, my ideas, my backgrounds and my thoughts.

In the end itโ€™s one of my favorite covers I ever worked on.ย  Itโ€™s clean and John looks good.ย  I have to be honest I always wanted to shoot Duran Duran and never did.ย  This was close enough and very satisfying. ย