On the front cover, Rihanna's facial expression with her tongue out presents her as promiscuous, however the way she is looking up through her brow with her head tilted forwards makes her appear as if she is in control, possibly showing her to be sexually domineering, both of these are aspects which would attract her male audience. As well, this shows her to be powerful and independent, something which a female audience would admire, possibly creating her to be a role model.
On the back cover, again she looks up through her hair, making her appear as a raunchy temptress. The way she has dropped her jacket off her shoulders suggests she is about to remove her clothes, intensifying the sexual nature of the picture.
The use of black and white (greyscale) is a regular convention in the R&B genre. In this case, I think the black is used to symbolise style, power and sexuality, whilst the white ironically represents purity. The slight use of the colour red - her nails, her lips, her name on the side and the track list - is a portrayal of the love, passion and desire about her as a person, as well as in her album.
The combination of the greyscale, the sexual images, the font use and the use of the colour red reflects the gritty and lustful style of the artist. Additonally, the front cover is in colour whilst the back cover is greyscale, this represents the diversity of the artists msuical abilities.
The artists genre is visible through the use of greyscale, as it is a convetion of R&B. The clothing she is wearing, such as the suspenders, and the promiscuous facial expression heightens the sexuality of the images, which is a regular convention for female R&B - as well as Pop - artists.
On the packaging, the artists image dominates the cover. Especially on the front as the title is featured in small as a tattoo on her arm which represents someone who is raucnhy and rebellious. Instead of her name, just the letter R is included. It follows the generic conventions of album artwork. On the back cover, the tracklist is in small on the side and the albums small print in smaller on the other side, so rihanna's picture is in the centre as the main focus.
The title of the album is 'Talk That Talk', insinuating sexually flirtacious talk. This links to the image on the front cover as she is holding a promiscuous pose with her tongue on her lips, and to add to this, her hand being on her head could be used as a symbol for pleasure.
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