STORM THORGERSON AND THE END OF ALBUM ART
STORM THORGERSON AND THE END OF ALBUM ART
The death last week of Storm Thorgerson at the age of sixty-nine was both the end of an era and the reminder of the end of another era. Thorgerson was one of the premier rock-album designers of the seventies. His company, Hipgnosis, worked with dozens of artists, including Led Zeppelin (“Houses of the Holy,” “Presence”), T. Rex (“Electric Warrior”), and Peter Gabriel (the first three eponymous records), but they’re best known for their work with Pink Floyd: Thorgerson and Hipgnosis created the cover for the 1973 album “The Dark Side of the Moon,” first and foremost, but also “Wish You Were Here” and “Animals.” The Pink Floyd connection stretched back into childhood: Thorgerson was a classmate of both Syd Barrett and Roger Waters, and he was later the best man at David Gilmour’s wedding.
To read POST BY BEN GREENMAN from APRIL 25, 2013, follow this link. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/04/storm-thorgerson-pink-floyd-dark-side-of-the-moon.html?mbid=nl_Daily%20(230)
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