Hiroshi Sugimoto’s No-Cash Cover Deal With U2

Photographer Sugimoto strikes a Stone Age deal with U2

Surprisingly, the artist that created the photograph that was used on U2's No Line On The Horizon album cover, has requested no money for the use of the illustration.  "I gave myself just a second to think about it, " Sugimoto recalled,  "and I said 'How about a Stone Age deal — no cash?' "