One of the tasks I’ve been given by Zone 3 Press is to come up with some cover art ideas. I’ve read other people’s blogs and interviews on cover art for their first books of poetry, and so many people seem to have had some art already picked out, sometimes by a friend who’s an artist. I do have friends that are artists and have considered this, but I haven’t landed on anything specific. So I’ve been cruising the Internet. The name of the manuscript is Frost in the Low Areas, bringing to mind… well… cold stuff. Here are some links to fabulous images of cold stuff, or getting-to-be-but-not-yet cold stuff.

Photography by Dan Brown 

I especially like the last two images by Dan Brown on the page – the one in blue, and the one that looks like a palm tree or pressed fern.

And here are a bunch of images by photographer Lars van de Goor of the Netherlands.

Image 1   Image 2   Image 3   Image 4   Image 5
Image 6   Image 7

Nice photos. I especially like the images with people in them, though I worry that most of those are too wintry and monochrome.

Here’s one that caught my eye early on, by photographer Robert Fulton of the UK. It’s the first image on the page.

Robert Fulton’s photo

I found the fractals by Matt Walford interesting. My favorite is the blue one – that image doesn’t seem to load directly, so you’ll need to click on the thumbnail at the bottom of the page.

Fractal

…and that’s it so far. This is a lot harder than I thought it would be. I have some Zone 3 books on my nightstand right now, and they’re gorgeous – and the covers seem so perfect. Here are links to a couple of Zone 3 books that I own.

John Pursley’s If You Have Ghosts 
Amanda Auchter’s The Glass Crib 

Nice covers, eh?