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Storm Thorgerson: Rock & Roll & ART

Storm Thorgerson: Rock & Roll & ART. By Sam Ahsan. Background. Storm Elvin Thorgerson February 1944 - April 2013 Hometown in Potters Bar, Middx. Education. Summerhill Free School (1949-1960) Brunswick Primary (1960-1965) Leicester University (1965-1969)

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Storm Thorgerson: Rock & Roll & ART

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  1. Storm Thorgerson:Rock & Roll & ART By Sam Ahsan

  2. Background • Storm Elvin Thorgerson • February 1944 - April 2013 • Hometown in Potters Bar, Middx

  3. Education • Summerhill Free School (1949-1960) • Brunswick Primary (1960-1965) • Leicester University (1965-1969) • Royal College of Art (1967-1969) • Completed BA Hons (English/Philosophy) • MA in film and TV

  4. Early Career • Asked by childhood friend Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) for album cover art,1968 • Focus shifted from film to design: completed first cover, Ummagumma (below) Interpretation: Mirror reflections represent the musical layers of Pink Floyd

  5. Techniques • Used a variety of techniques to achieve his characteristic surreality: • airbrushing • multiple exposures • Krimsography (smearing an undeveloped Polaroid) Krimsography used by Thorgerson for Peter Gabriel’s album Melt

  6. Pink Floyd • After Ummagumma, Storm was inspired to create more album covers, most notably for Pink Floyd – given the latter’s fame, he too was soon sought after Dark Side of the Moon,1973 Wish You Were Here,1975 The Division Bell,1994 Animals,1977

  7. Hipgnosis • Created in 1968 by Storm Thorgerson and Audrey Powell (fellow art student) • Based in South Kensington, London • Started with a make-shift darkroom in Thorgerson’s bathroom • Specializing in photography and (what would later be called) Photoshop • Worked with many well-known rock musicians, such as follows:

  8. Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother,1970 A Saucerful of Secrets,1968 More,1969 Meddle,1971 Live at Pompeii,2003 Delicate Sound of Thunder,1988

  9. Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy,1976 Never Say Die,1978

  10. Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy,1973 Presence,1976 In Through The Out Door,1979

  11. Deep Purple Hush,1969 Nobody's Perfect,1988

  12. The Cranberries Wake Up and Smell the Coffee,2001 Roses,2012

  13. Later Life • After many of Thorgerson’s clients disbanded, he continued creating art • Opened a studio to showcase his works • Died from cancer, aged 69 (April 2013)

  14. A Personal Note • Storm Thorgerson represents an inspiration to try new things • Played a huge part in both the history of art and of Rock & Roll – my two favourite things • Storm took a totally new approach to art & design and worked with the things he loved; he showed how rewarding it is to think outside the box

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