Peter Gabriel by Storm Thorgerson

Peter Gabriel 3 (date). For Peter’s 3rd album I’d had dream of a melting face, some kind of wax effigy caught possibly in a museum fire. To achieve the painterly dripping effect  we used ordinary polaroids (after Les Krims) and if one pushes around the developing picture sandwiched between two bits of plastic with a blunt instrument like the end of a pencil the image is then smeared as it develops. Since this procedure is dead easy we did it loads of times along with Pete Gabriel himself. Because we couldn’t decide on a favourite for they were all great fun, we used lots. Design by indecision.