# Who is the model/actress on the back cover of 'Back in the High Life' (1986) Steve Winwood? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-model-actress-on-the-back-cover-of-back-in-the-high-life-1986-steve-winwood/1027649 "2026-02-13T22:00:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-model-actress-on-the-back-cover-of-back-in-the-high-life-1986-steve-winwood/1027649/1 "2026-02-13T22:00:31Z")
I’m guessing it’s the same one who’s on the front, and it’s possible she has a photo credit on the album. Anyway for your reference. . . [Link](https://www.amazon.com/Back-High-Life-Steve-Winwood/dp/B01N4NWC4N) ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-model-actress-on-the-back-cover-of-back-in-the-high-life-1986-steve-winwood/1027649/2 "2026-02-13T22:34:59Z")
Never mind ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-model-actress-on-the-back-cover-of-back-in-the-high-life-1986-steve-winwood/1027649/3 "2026-02-13T23:38:28Z")
Google A.I. thinks it’s Pat Booth. Take that for what it’s worth. > **[Pat Booth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Booth)** > > Pat Booth, Lady Lowe (24 April 1943 – 11 May 2009) was an English model, photographer, and author of romantic fiction. > Raised in the East End of London by a boxer father and an ambitious mother, Booth posed for such photographers as Norman Parkinson, Allen Jones and David Bailey in the 1960s. Famously, she was the model for Allen Jones' "table", a woman on all fours bearing a plate glass tabletop on her back. She later became a photographer herself, taking pictures of such well-known figures ... ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-model-actress-on-the-back-cover-of-back-in-the-high-life-1986-steve-winwood/1027649/4 "2026-02-14T03:51:59Z")
No idea. She’s wearing a wig in this bottom image, if it’s her in all of the snapshots. Large scan: [![](https://cdn.abicart.com/shop/16575/art75/h9486/157159486-origpic-4e8f5d.jpg) ](https://cdn.abicart.com/shop/16575/art75/h9486/157159486-origpic-4e8f5d.jpg) If you’re willing to spend money, the photography is by Arthur Elgort. [Here’s a book of his works.](https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/arthur-elgort%27s-models-manual/) ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-model-actress-on-the-back-cover-of-back-in-the-high-life-1986-steve-winwood/1027649/5 "2026-02-14T17:44:05Z")
That’s definitely not Pat Booth’s face. I got a hold of a PDF of that Elgort book. None of the pics from the album are featured.