John Bon Jovi lost highway album cover analysis

The use of the word lost for a highway is contradicting as everyone knows where they are and uses them frequently this connotes that they in another reality this is the semantic code

The picture on the cover is an exact representation of the title of the album it shows a highway that no one else is on suggesting that it is lost

The picture is in 2 layers as the picture of the road is the base picture then the dash board is placed over the top. It also kind of follows rules of thirds as the sky takes up majority of the screen

Cultural aspects

But the image is quite peaceful so gives a sense of ease and that maybe nothing bad is going to happen.

The long high way in front of the car connotes that they dont where they are going as they cant see anything in the background coming into view this represents an enigma code as you cant see anything of where they are or where theyre going they also dont know what will happen