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Storm Elvin Thorgerson (28 February 1944 – 18 April 2013) was an English
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and music video director. He is best known for closely working with the group
Pink Floyd Pink Floyd are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic music, psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experiments ...
through most of their career, and also created album or other art for
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock music, rock band formed in London in 1968. The band comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones (musician), John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham. With a he ...
,
Phish Phish is an American rock band formed in Burlington, Vermont, in 1983. The band consists of guitarist Trey Anastasio, bassist Mike Gordon, drummer Jon Fishman, and keyboardist Page McConnell, all of whom perform vocals, with Anastasio being the ...
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Black Sabbath Black Sabbath are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. After adopting the Black Sabbath name in 1969 (the band ...
,
10cc 10cc are an English rock music, rock band formed in Stockport, southeast of Manchester, in 1972. The group initially consisted of four musicians, Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, who had written and recorded togethe ...
,
the Alan Parsons Project The Alan Parsons Project was a British rock music, rock duo formed in London in 1975. Its core membership consisted of producer, audio engineer, musician and composer Alan Parsons, and singer, songwriter and pianist Eric Woolfson. They shared w ...
,
the Mars Volta The Mars Volta is an American Rock music, rock band formed in 2001. The band's only constant members are Omar Rodríguez-López (guitar, producer, direction) and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (vocals, lyrics), whose partnership forms the core of the ban ...
and the Cranberries.


Early life

Thorgerson, who was of Norwegian descent, was born in
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(now part of Hertfordshire). He attended Summerhill School, Brunswick Primary School in
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, and the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys with Pink Floyd founders Syd Barrett, who was in the year below him, and
Roger Waters George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. In 1965, he co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd as the bassist. Following the departure of the group's main songwriter Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became ...
, who was in the year above him. Thorgerson and Waters played rugby together at school, while Thorgerson's mother Vanji and Waters' mother Mary were close friends. He studied English and Philosophy at the
University of Leicester The University of Leicester ( ) is a public university, public research university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park, Leicester, Victoria Park. The university's predecessor, Univ ...
, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours, before studying Film and Television at the
Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public university, public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City, London, White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design uni ...
, where he graduated with a
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degree. He was a teenage friend of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour and best man at Gilmour's wedding to Polly Samson in 1994.


Career

In 1968, along with Aubrey Powell, he founded the graphic art group Hipgnosis, and between them they designed many famous single and album covers, with Peter Christopherson joining them for their later commissions.The photodesigns of Hipgnosis The Goodbye look. Vermillion Hutchinson Publishing Group. 1982 In 1983, following the dissolution of Hipgnosis, Thorgerson and Powell formed Greenback Films, producing music videos. In the early nineties, Thorgerson inaugurated Storm Studios along with Peter Curzon—a loose group of freelancers. The line up included Rupert Truman (photographer), Finlay Cowan (designer and illustrator), Daniel Abbott (designer and artist), Lee Baker (creative retoucher and designer), and Jerry Sweet (designer) along with Thorgerson's personal assistants, Laura Truman (prints), and Charlotte Barnes. Perhaps Thorgerson's most famous designs are those for
Pink Floyd Pink Floyd are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic music, psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experiments ...
."Article on Storm Thorgerson"
, '' ''Q'' magazine'', 1992
His design for '' The Dark Side of the Moon'' has been called one of the greatest album covers of all time. Designed by Thorgerson and Hipgnosis, the artwork for the cover itself was drawn by George Hardie, a designer at NTA Studios. Many of Thorgerson's designs are notable for their surreal elements. 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. To quote Thorgerson, "I like photography because it is a reality medium, unlike drawing which is unreal. I like to mess with reality ... to bend reality. Some of my works beg the question of is it real or not?" Over the years, Thorgerson and his team designed and released several books about their work. The first, published in 1989, was titled ''Classic Album Covers of 60s''. ''The Gathering Storm – A Quartet in Several Parts'' was the final book Thorgerson worked on with his team and it was completed just before his death in April 2013. The book was released in September 2013 and includes album covers artwork, photographs, and anecdotes, spanning five decades from his early work with Hipgnosis through to StormStudios. In 2013, '' Prog Magazine'' renamed its Grand Design Award after Thorgerson. It is now known as the Storm Thorgerson Grand Design Award and will be given to the designer of the year's best-packaged product. Thorgerson had won the 2012 award for his continued work with Pink Floyd.


Death and legacy

In 2003, Thorgerson suffered a stroke, from which he was partially paralysed. He was later diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer which eventually led to his death in London on 18 April 2013, at the age of 69. He is buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery. After Thorgerson's death, David Gilmour released a statement describing him as "a constant force in my life, both at work and in private, a shoulder to cry on, and a great friend". A post on the official Pink Floyd website called him a "graphic genius". Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason said that he was a "tireless worker right up to the end". In 2015, a film documentary, ''Taken by Storm'', was released on DVD and web streaming. Another documentary, titled ''Squaring the Circle'', focused on the legacy of the Hipgnosis studio, was released in 2022.


Works


Album cover designs (1968–2014)

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**'' Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap'' (1976) (international edition) *Airwaves **''Next Stop'' (1979) * Alan Parsons **'' Try Anything Once'' (1993) **''
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**'' Tales of Mystery and Imagination'' (1976) **'' I Robot'' (1977) **''
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**'' The House on the Hill'' (1971) **'' Lunch'' (1972) **'' You Can't Beat 'em'' (1973) *
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**'' Technical Ecstasy'' (1976) **'' Never Say Die!'' (1978) * Blinker the Star **''August Everywhere'' (1999) * Blue Mink **''A Time of Change'' (1972) **''Fruity'' (1974) *
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'' **'' Unorthodox Behaviour'' (1976) **'' Moroccan Roll'' (1977) **''
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**'' High 'n' Dry'' (1981) * Deepest Blue **'' Late September'' (2004) * Disco Biscuits **''Planet Anthem'' (2010) * Dream Theater **'' Falling into Infinity'' (1997) **" Once in a LIVEtime" (1998) **" 5 Years in a Livetime" (1998) * The Dukes **''The Dukes'' (1979) * Edgar Broughton Band **'' Edgar Broughton Band'' (1971) **'' Inside Out'' (1972) **'' Oora'' (1973) **'' A Bunch of 45s'' (1975) **'' Parlez-Vous English'' (1979) *
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**'' The Electric Light Orchestra'' (1971) **'' ELO 2'' (1973) **'' On the Third Day'' (1973) **'' The Light Shines On'' (1977) * Ellis, Beggs, & Howard **''Homelands'' (1989) * Ethnix **''Your Way'' (2001) **''13'' (2002) *
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**''No More Fear of Flying'' (1979) * Godley & Creme **'' Freeze Frame'' (1979) * The Gods **'' Genesis'' (1968) **'' To Samuel a Son'' (1969) * Genesis **'' The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'' (1974) **'' A Trick of the Tail'' (1976) **'' Wind & Wuthering'' (1976) **'' ...And Then There Were Three...'' (1978) *Gentlemen Without Weapons **''Transmissions'' (1988) * The Greatest Show on Earth **'' Horizons'' (1970) **'' The Going's Easy'' (1970) **'' The Greatest Show on Earth'' (1975) * Greg Friedman **''Can't Talk Now'' (2013) *Gun **''Gun Sight'' (1969) * goodbyemotel **''If'' (2014) * Goose **''Synrise'' (2012) *Healing Sixes **''Enormosound'' (2002) *
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**''Kitsch'' (1977) *
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**'' Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' (1991) * Herman Rarebell **'' Nip in the Bud'' (1981) *
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**'' Town and Country'' (1969) **'' Thunderbox'' (1974) * Human Sexual Response **''Fig. 14'' (1980) * Ian Dury and The Blockheads **'' Mr. Love Pants'' (1998) * John Wetton **'' Caught in the Crossfire'' (1980) *
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**'' Olias of Sunhillow'' (1976) *
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**'' In the Spirit of Things'' (1988) * Katia and Marielle Labèque **''Gladrags'' (1983) * Kennedy **''Kreisler'' (1998) (Unused artwork) * Korda Marshall **'' Now We Breathe'' (2015) *
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**'' Presence'' (1976) **'' The Song Remains the Same'' (1976) **'' In Through the Out Door'' (1979) **'' Coda'' (1982) * Leisure Cruise **'' Leisure Cruise'' (2014) *
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**'' Living in a Fantasy'' (1980) *Life **''Life After Death'' (1974) * London Posse **''"London Posse"'' (single) (1987) *Machineri **''Machineri'' (2012) *
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**'' De-Loused in the Comatorium'' (2003) ***" Inertiatic ESP" single (2003) ***" Televators" single (2003) **'' Frances the Mute'' (2005) ***" The Widow" single (2005) **'' Amputechture'' (2006) (original artwork) * Marvin, Welch & Farrar **'' Marvin, Welch & Farrar'' (1971) **''Second Opinion'' (1971) *
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**'' Rude Awakening DVD (2002) * Mick Taylor **'' Mick Taylor'' (1979) *Midnight Flyer **''Midnight Flyer'' (1981) *
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**'' Earth Moving'' (1989) ***'' Earth Moving'' single (1989) *
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**'' Smallcreep's Day'' (1980) * Moodswings **''Psychedelicatessen'' (1997) *
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**'' Caught Live + 5'' (1977) *
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**'' Tug of War'' (1982) *
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**'' Immersion'' (2010) *
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**'' Slip Stitch and Pass'' (1997) * The Pineapple Thief **'' Someone Here Is Missing'' (2010) *
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**'' A Saucerful of Secrets'' (1968) **'' More'' (1969) **'' Ummagumma'' (1969) **'' Atom Heart Mother'' (1970) **'' Meddle'' (1971) **'' Obscured by Clouds'' (1972) **'' The Dark Side of the Moon'' (1973) **'' A Nice Pair'' (1973) **'' Wish You Were Here'' (1975) **''
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**'' Greatest Hits'' (1981) (Unused artwork) **''" Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)"'' (single) (1982) *
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**'' Difficult to Cure'' (1981) **'' Straight Between the Eyes'' (1982) **'' Bent Out of Shape'' (1983) *Ragga and the Jack Magic Orchestra **''Ragga and the Jack Magic Orchestra'' (1997) * Ralph McTell **''Slide Away the Screen'' (1979) *
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** '' Stadium Arcadium'' (2006) (unused) *
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'' (1972) **'' Ashes Are Burning'' (1973) **'' Turn of the Cards'' (1974) **'' Scheherazade and Other Stories'' (1975) **'' A Song for All Seasons'' (1978) * Rick Wakeman **'' 1984'' (1981) * Rick Wright **'' Wet Dream'' (1978) **'' Broken China'' (1996) * Rival Sons ** Pressure & Time (2011) *
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**'' The Principle of Moments'' (1983) **''" Big Log"'' (single) (1983) * Roger Chapman **''"The Drum"'' (single) (1987) * Roger Taylor **'' Fun in Space'' (1981) * Roy Harper **'' Lifemask'' (1973) **'' Valentine'' (1974) **'' Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion'' (1974) **'' HQ'' (1975) **'' Bullinamingvase'' (1977) * Sammy Hagar **'' Sammy Hagar'' (1977) **'' Musical Chairs'' (1977) * Saxon **''
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'' (1988) * Scorpions **'' Lovedrive'' (1979) **''
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'' (1980) **'' Blackout'' (1982) (Unused artwork) *
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**'' Rockin' with Curly Leads'' (1973) **'' Specs Appeal'' (1975) * Shpongle **'' Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland'' (2009) **'' Live in Concert at the Roundhouse London 2008'' (2009) * Slow Earth **'' Latitude and 023'' (2013) *
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'' (1978) **''Live Herald'' (1979) *
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**'' Bingo!'' (2010) **'' Let Your Hair Down'' (2011) *
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**'' Deadlines'' (1977) * Styx **'' Pieces of Eight'' (1978) **'' Cyclorama'' (2003) * Syd Barrett **'' The Madcap Laughs'' (1970) **'' Barrett'' (1970) **'' Syd Barrett'' (1974) **'' An Introduction to Syd Barrett'' (2010) * Toe Fat **'' Toe Fat'' (1970) **'' Toe Fat 2'' (1971) * Tony Carey **''Some Tough City'' (1984) * Thornley **'' Come Again'' (2004) **'' Tiny Pictures'' (2009) * Throbbing Gristle **'' 20 Jazz Funk Greats'' (1979) **'' Heathen Earth'' (1980) *
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**'' Laughing on Judgement Day'' (1992) **'' Behind Closed Doors'' (1995) * T. Rex **'' Electric Warrior'' (1971) * Twink **'' Think Pink'' (1970) * UFO **''
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'' (1974) **'' Force It'' (1975) **'' No Heavy Petting'' (1976) **'' Lights Out'' (1977) **'' Obsession'' (1978) **'' Strangers in the Night'' (1979) **'' No Place to Run'' (1980) **'' The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent'' (1981) **'' Making Contact'' (1983) **''Headstone: The Best Of UFO'' (1983) * UK **'' Danger Money'' (1979) *
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**'' Safety in Numbers'' (2006) **'' The Bottom Half'' (2007) * Uno **'' Uno'' (1974) * Villainy **'' Mode. Set. Clear.'' (2012) * Voyager **''Halfway Hotel'' (1979) **''Act of Love'' (1980) * Wax **''
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'' (1987) **'' A Hundred Thousand in Fresh Notes'' (1989) * Ween **'' The Mollusk'' (1997) *
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'' (1971) **'' Argus'' (1972) **'' Wishbone Four'' (1973) **'' Live Dates'' (1973) **'' There's the Rub'' (1974) **''
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'' (1976) **'' Classic Ash'' (1977) **'' Front Page News'' (1977) **'' No Smoke Without Fire'' (1978) **'' Just Testing'' (1980) **'' Live Dates 2'' (1980) * Wings **'' Band on the Run'' (1973) **'' Venus and Mars'' (1975) **'' Wings at the Speed of Sound'' (1976) **'' Wings over America'' (1976) **'' London Town'' (1978) **'' Wings Greatest'' (1978) **'' Back to the Egg'' (1979) *
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**'' This Modern Glitch'' (2011) * XTC **'' Go 2'' (1978) * Yes **'' Going for the One'' (1977) **'' Tormato'' (1978) * Yumi Matsutoya **''Sakuban Oaisimashō'' (1981) **''Voyager'' (1983) **''Train Of Thought'' (VHS film) (1984) **''"Setsugekka"'' (single) (2003) * Younger Brother **'' Last Days of Gravity'' (2007) **''
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'' (2011) * Yourcodenameis:milo **'' Rapt. Dept.'' (2005) **''17'' (2005) **'' Ignoto'' (2005)


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 – "The Power of Love" (1982) * Paul Young – " Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" (1983) *
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 – "Street of Dreams" (1983) *
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 – " Big Log" (1983) * Yes – "
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" (1983) * Intaferon - "Get Out of London" (1983) * Kevin Kitchen – "Tight Spot" (1984) * Nik Kershaw – " Wouldn't It Be Good" (1984) * David Gilmour – "Blue Light" (1984) * David Gilmour – "All Lovers Are Deranged" (1984) * Nik Kershaw – " The Riddle" (1984) * Nik Kershaw – " Wide Boy (1984) * Nik Kershaw – "Don Quixote" (1985) *
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 – " Now Voyager" (1985) * Belouis Some – "
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" (1985) * Belouis Some – " Some People" (1985) * Glass Tiger – " Thin Red Line" (1985) * Glass Tiger – "Someday" (1985) * Ministry – "Over the Shoulder" (1985) *
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 – " Love Removal Machine" (1987) *
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 – " Learning to Fly" (1987) * Pink Floyd – " The Dogs of War" (1987) * Wax – " Bridge to Your Heart" (1987) * Wax – "
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" (1987) * Wax – " In Some Other World" (1988) * Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe – " Brother of Mine" (1989) * Bruce Dickinson – " Tattooed Millionaire" (1990) * Bruce Dickinson – " All the Young Dudes" (1990) *
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 – " Kids of the Century" (1991) * Alan Parsons – "Turn It Up" (1993) * Pink Floyd – " High Hopes" (1994) * Richard Wright – "Broken China, Night Of a Thousand Furry Toys" (1996)


Books

* Thorgerson, S. and Dean, R. (eds), ''Album Cover Album''. A&W Visual Library, New York & Dragon's World, Limpsfield, 1977. . Republished by Harper Design / Collins Design and Ilex Publishing, 2008. . * Dean, R. and Howells, D. (compilers) and Thorgerson, S. (ed.), ''Album Cover Album, Volume 2''. A&W Visual Library, New York & Dragon's World, Limpsfield, 1982. . * Dean, R. and Thorgerson, S. (compilers), ''Album Cover Album, Volume 5''. Dragon's World / Paper Tiger, Limpsfield, 1989. . * Oliver, V., Thorgerson, S. and Dean, R. (compilers), ''Album Cover Album, Volume 6''. Paper Tiger, Limpsfield, 1992. . * Thorgerson, S. and Christopherson, P. (eds), ''"Hands Across The Water" - Wings Tour USA. Photographs by Hipgnosis.'' Dragon's World, Limpsfield and Reed Books, Los Angeles, 1978. . * Thorgerson, S., compiled by Hipgnosis and George Hardie. ''The Work of Hipgnosis - "Walk Away René"''. Paper Tiger / Dragon's World, Limpsfield, 1978. . * Thorgerson, S. et al., ''The Photo Designs of Hipgnosis: The Goodbye Look''. Vermilion, London, 1982. . * Thorgerson, S., ''Classic Album Covers of the 60s''. Paper Tiger, London, 1989. . * Thorgerson, S. and Powell, A., ''100 Best Album Covers - The Stories Behind The Sleeves''. Dorling Kindersley, London, 1999. . * ''Mind Over Matter: The Images of Pink FLoyd'': ** Thorgerson, S. and Curzon, P., 1st ed., Sanctuary Publishing, London, 1997. . ** Thorgerson, S. and Curzon, P., 2nd ed., Sanctuary Publishing, London, 2000. . ** Thorgerson, S. and Curzon, P., 3rd ed., Sanctuary Publishing, London, 2003. . ** Thorgerson, S. and Curzon, P., 4th ed., Omnibus Press, London, 2007. . ** Thorgerson, S., 5th ed., Omnibus Press, London, 2015. . * Thorgerson, S., Curzon, P. and Crossland, J., ''Eye Of The Storm: The Album Graphics of Storm Thorgerson''. Sanctuary, London, 1999. . * Thorgerson, S. and Curzon, P., ''Taken By Storm: The Album Art of Storm Thorgerson: A Retrospective''. Omnibus Press, London, 2007. . * Thorgerson, S. and Powell, A., ''For The Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis''. PictureBox, New York, 2008. . * Curzon, P. and Thorgerson, S., ''The Raging Storm - The Album Graphics of StormStudios''. De Milo and StormStudios, 2011. . * Truman, R. and Thorgerson, S., ''Riding Along in my Automobile: The American Cars of Cuba''. De Milo and StormStudios, London, 2012. . * Thorgerson, S., ''The Gathering Storm - A Quartet in Several Parts: The Album Art of Storm Thorgerson''. De Milo and StormStudios, London, 2013. . * Powell, A., ''Hipgnosis Portraits''. Thames & Hudson, 2014. . * Powell, A. (foreword by P. Gabriel), ''Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art - The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue''. Thames & Hudson, 2017. .


References


External links

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Interview with "Floydian Slip" host Craig Bailey, September 1997BBC Feature and audio interviewBBC Article on Thorgerson's work: Audio slideshow: Storm's sleevesTateShots: Storm Thorgerson on Magritte
The artist talks about the influence of Magritte on his work. 21 July 2011 * * by Younger Brother (video, 8 mins, 2010) {{DEFAULTSORT:Thorgerson, Storm English album-cover and concert-poster artists Alumni of the Royal College of Art Alumni of the University of Leicester Burials at Highgate Cemetery Deaths from cancer in England English film directors English graphic designers English music video directors English people of Norwegian descent People educated at Summerhill School People from Potters Bar 1944 births 2013 deaths People educated at Cambridgeshire High School for Boys