Ahmed Emad Eldin (
) is an Egyptian
digital artist who came to prominence as the designer of the sleeve of
Pink Floyd's 2014 album ''
The Endless River''. In 2015, Emad Eldin was chosen by
Adobe for their "25 Under 25" list. Emad Eldin has been described as "an acclaimed digital artist and photo manipulator whose work has been displayed all over, from museums to the sleeve of
Pink Floyd's album ''
The Endless River''" and who "has made a name for himself in the global digital art space" often producing "commercial work" though "much of his artwork comes from his own dreams." Emad Eldin is an Oniros Film Awards winner.
His work has been part of exhibitions, including the "Bad Consumers" exhibition at
Doge's Palace, Genoa and "Kahlil Gibran: Guide for our Times" at
Sotheby's Gallery in
London
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, "featuring nine Egyptian artists, along with 38 others from across the Middle East."
Life
Emad Eldin was born October 23, 1996, and grew up in
Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia
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(with the exception of three years he and his family spent in Egypt); his parents are both Egyptian.
Emad Eldin has been an artist since the age of 13, stating that he is "self-taught and... learned from YouTube and many other websites."
[ He cites Salvador Dalí as an influence.][
Emad Eldin is an undergraduate student in Pharmacy at Future University in Egypt.][
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Career
''The Endless River''
Pink Floyd's creative team, led by Aubrey Powell, discovered Ahmed on the art portfolio website Behance. One of Ahmed's designs was chosen as the cover for the band's '' The Endless River'' album. Powell, the late Storm Thorgerson's partner at the Hipgnosis design studio, stated that when they "saw Ahmed’s image it had an instant Floydian resonance," citing its "enigmatic" qualities as well as how Emad Eldin's work is open to interpretation."The Independent
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'', Ahmed described what inspired the design Powell chose for '' The Endless River'' album cover: "Thinking about life and nature and what is beyond the world of charming factors we have never seen is enough to create millions of different amazing feelings."[
As stated in the band's press announcement, once chosen, Ahmed's "concept for the powerful imagery of a man rowing on a 'river' of clouds was ... re-created by Stylorouge, heaward-winning UK design agency," adding that " Pink Floyd's album artwork, mostly created by Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis, is as legendary as the band's music" but that "with Storm's passing in 2013, the task of finding an image that carried on Storm's legacy passed to Aubrey 'Po' Powell, Storm's original partner in Hipgnosis."
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Other albums
Emad Eldin has dome album cover artwork for Massar Egbari (2015), Hamza Namira (2018), and Basata (2018).
Film poster art
Emad Eldin has produced poster art for the films Clash (2016), Stray (2017), and Heavy Rain (2018).
References
External links
Ahmed Emad Eldin
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1996 births
Living people
People from Jeddah
Digital artists
Saudi Arabian artists