Photo on Songs From a Room

[rdeeble]

Can anyone tell me anything about the photo on the back of Songs from a Room? Just curious if it was taken by Cohen, where and who the girl was...

[godnose]

There will be lots of people who can tell you about it.

It's Marianne, from the song So Long, Marianne. It was taken in the home Leonard bought on Hydra in Greece.

Marianne has been the subject of some intrigue and is the subject of a book here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1770411283

There is some information here too:

http://1heckofaguy.com/2009/10/06/leona ... ard-cohen/