![]() His career as an artist began accidentally around the time of his graduation from the Royal College Pink Floyd were completing their second album A Saucerful of Secrets, when a friend turned down the job of creating its sleeve. He studied English and Philosophy at university before going on to complete an MA in Film and Television at the Royal College of Art. ![]() ![]() Storm Thorgerson’s surrealist work raised the bar for album cover designs, changing the way the world looked at the music of everyone from Peter Gabriel to Black Sabbath.īorn in Dartford, Kent in 1944, Storm Thorgerson went to school with Roger Waters and Syd Barrett. ![]() Many of Storm Thorgerson’s designs are notable for their surreal elements as he often places objects out of their traditional contexts, especially with vast spaces around them, to give them an awkward appearance while highlighting their beauty. Perhaps Storm Thorgerson’s most famous designs are those for Pink Floyd as his design for The Dark Side of the Moon has been called one of the greatest album covers of all time. Thorgerson was a key member of the British graphic art group Hipgnosis, and designed many of their most famous single and album covers. Storm Thorgerson has been designing album cover art for over 35 years. ![]()
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