In this episode of the Kate Bush Fan Podcast, Darrell from Bush Telegraph chats with Jay Myrdal, the photographer who took the ‘Wuthering Heights’ and ‘The Kick Inside’ cover photos. Jay talks about how he got into photography, and his move from Montana in America to the UK, where he has lived ever since. For the very first time we get to hear Jay talk about the iconic photo session with the young Kate Bush, as well as his work with other artists.
This was Kate’s very first photo session at the age of 19, and yet you get a glimpse into how important the visual concepts were to her even back then. Jay recounts the process of this session, including the arrival of Kate’s father a few days before who came to build that iconic kite for Kate.
We previously first heard the story of this collaboration when Jay wrote a piece for our friend Lisa Oliver for a Kate Bush event programme a few years back, you can also read that here.
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