The Cohen Crouch In Posed Photos
When I recently posted the above photo at The Inexplicable Leonard Cohen, I rhetorically asked, “Is there any other icon who could look cool in this pose?” While I haven’t come up with another icon with that capacity, I did recall that this was not the only photo of the ever more inexplicable Leonard Cohen himself assuming a similar posture.1 (click on thumbnails to enlarge image)
The Cohen Crouch In Performance Photos
The true epiphany, however, was the realization that these crouches were precursors of the moves Leonard Cohen performed onstage during the 2008-2010 World Tour. (click on thumbnails to enlarge image)
Credit Due Department:
Photo atop post found at Vad är en sång av Leonard Cohen? which does not provide the photo’s date, location, or photographer.
The Cohen Crouch In Posed Photos:
- Photo from Playboy, November 1968 – Found at Speaking Cohen
- Photo found at Standdart Facebook page – no attribution or date given.
- Cover of Poems And Songs by Leonard Cohen, published April 2011
- Photo by Marcel Hartmann
- Photo by Marcel Hartmann (from sane shoot as #3) on cover of the German edition of Rolling Stone (#10, 2001)
- Date of photo and photographer unknown
- Cover of Italian edition of Parasites Of Heaven (same photo as #5)
- CD cover art – Cohen Covered, packaged with December 2008 MOJO (same photo as #5)
The Cohen Crouch In Performance Photos
- Photo taken at May 16, 2009 Radio City Music Hall concert by Frank Beacham at www.frankbeacham.com
- Screen capture from video of July 25, 2008 Lörrach concert
- Photo taken at Feb 19, 2009 Beacon Theatre concert by Nicholas Roberts
- Photo taken at Oct 19, 2009 Tampa Bay concert by Sam Goresh
- Photo taken at Oct 19, 2009 Tampa Bay concert by Sam Goresh
- There is also an excellent photo of a crouching Leonard Cohen from 2006, but my repeated attempts to contact the photographer have been unrequited. [↩]
