Difference in genders

• I have been looking at the difference between male and female artists and wanted to see if by having a different gender if there would be different connotations and rules that were applied. 
• Most of the female covers I looked at, featured a close up shot the artists face, this usually came with bright backgrounds, mainly pink or white. The Florence and the Machine- Lungs album really stood out for me as it didn't follow the usual conventions of other female artists album covers. 
• Although the artist is on the cover she isn't looking deeply into the camera with her hair and makeup done with pink everywhere, instead she is looking down and posing, she has lungs hung from her neck which go in line with how they would go in the body. 
• The background of the cover is fairly dark, blues, purples and black are the main colours featured, there are splashes of bright colours such as pink and yellow in the background. I thought that the frame and overall layout of the cover somewhat reminded me of a Polaroid photo and thought it was a very unusual thing to be used on a cover.

• With the male artists, it was more graphics and photos of landscapes ect, other than picture of the artist, although there was many that did have pictures of the male artist. I thought that this Jay-Z one was really different from others I have seen, I really like how it is in black and white and has a monochrome scheme.
• I thought that the statues could represent how the album could some what become historical and how the artists fame has actually become historical. The album doesn't have a name shown on the cover and only shows the artists name, I really like how the name has a thick black line going through, its something I have never seen on a cover before and think it works well especially with the colour scheme of the cover.
• The only text on the cover are put in the centre to show that it is the main focal point. The colour scheme helps the album stand out when put on a shelf in a store because it will be one of the only albums that have no colour and it will interest people.