With Rihanna's most recent album called 'Anti', she worked with Israeli artist Roy Nachum who traditionally created the artwork with paint. The image is of Rihanna as a child, holding a balloon and having her eyes covered by a golden crown. There is also a poem by Chloe Mitchell written over the image with braille. Despite the image consisting of only four colours, dominantly red, the image itself and the meaning behind it makes a huge impact. Nachum stated that he wanted to make artwork that even the blind could see and appreciate, hence the braille. Rihanna’s music has the same effect, with helping people ‘see’ without literally seeing; giving everyone the opportunity to ‘see’ through music. Despite the young Rihanna having her eyes covered, the songs of the present Rihanna opens the eyes of the public to her reality and emotions, however anti those emotions might be. Red being the dominant colour in the image could symbolise themes throughout her album such as passion, blood, life, and anger. I like composition of the image being on the left side with the centre and right white, giving it a ‘rule of third’ vibe to it where your eyes are still drawn to it even though it isn’t in the centre.
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