Storm Thorgerson
I am very interested in surrealism and cinematic images, and so, as I have been interested in creating images with the use of type, I have looked into album covers, specifically Storm Thorgerson album covers.
Storm Thorgerson was popularly associated with leading music artist designing their single or album covers.
Some such clients of his include Pink Floyd, Genesis, Catherine Wheel, Led Zeppelin and other major rock artists of the century.
He was born on February 28, 1944, in Potters Bar, Middlesex.
“Thorgerson began his professional career with the foundation of graphic art group Hipgnosis, with his partner Aubrey Powell in 1968. The art group was concerned with designing music record covers. They designed numerous famous single and album covers.”
One of his most popular graphic works includes his album cover for Pink Floyd’s album “The Dark Side Of The Moon”
The major theme throughout his work and what really makes him stand out is the surreal elements and unique quality in his work. On the whole, his work was often wide spaces, which came across as odd on the surface but held beauty to the design.
“According to Thorgerson photography has an element of reality to it unlike drawing, thus his works project a twist in reality and ask of its viewers whether it is real or not.”
PHOT40106 / Visual Communication, Jorja Jones, Supporting Work 