Freshly scanned… interesting how the photo-reference becomes more insistent with each successive cover here…
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ABOVE: John Norman, Tarnsman of Gor (NY: Ballantine Books, 1972), with cover art by Robert Foster.
ABOVE: John Norman, Outlaw of Gor (NY: Ballantine Books, 1972), with cover art by Robert Foster.
ABOVE: John Norman, Priest-Kings of Gor (NY: Ballantine Books, 1973), with cover art by Robert Foster.
To view all of the covers with art by Robert Foster that I’ve scanned and posted so far, click here.
BONUS SCAN:
Here’s a recent acquisition of mine that further illuminates Foster’s technical modus operandi:
The cover of Nomads of Gor isn’t just based on an underlying photomontage. It is a colourized photomontage.
Ragged Claws Network 
My friend Dave Mattingly had a Foster original. Foster would shoot models, create a collage with other elements, then have the collage photographed and a large print of it mounted on board. Then he’d paint with oils over that photographic print. It explains a lot about his photorealism (no drawing involved!), the collage aspects, and how seldom his figures seemed to occupy a real environmental space. Some beautiful covers, for all that “cheating.” I certainly collected Foster’s work.
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