He (Bono) started taking notes as I talked,” Sugimoto recalled. Those notes became the foundation for the new album’s title track. Last year, during a visit to Dublin, Sugimoto heard the first demo tape, and a few months later was told by Bono that U2 wanted to use the Boden Sea image on the album jacket.
from: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fa20090320a1.html
and: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2009/04/06/hiroshi-sugimotos-no-cash-deal-with-u2/
This is an example of a beautfully evocative photograph that is not ‘technically good’ yet still works. We photographers often have a tendency to get too obsessed with trying to get the sharpest, most technically perfect images.
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