Founded in 1968 by Aubrey "Po" Powell, Storm Thorgerson and Peter
Christopherson, graphic design firm Hipgnosis gained a legendary
status by transforming the look of album art through their designs
for AC/DC, Black Sabbath, The Police, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Pink
Floyd, Paul McCartney, Syd Barrett, and The Who. In this lively
volume, Powell presents brutally honest, entertaining and revealing
insider stories from the world of rock, featuring an eclectic cast
of pop stars, comedians, actors, managers, gangsters, and
inspirational world figures from 1966 on. His thrilling narrative
is packed with anecdotes - from the founding of Hipgnosis to
surviving drugs busts, and from the creative process behind the
most iconic album artworks of all time to mounting the Pink Floyd
exhibition, Their Mortal Remains - and is richly illustrated with
Hipgnosis artwork and Powell's own photographs. Drama and
creativity are the common threads throughout these amazing stories.
With candor and insightful reflection, Powell reveals how he and
Storm became an effective creative partnership despite their
volatile relationship; how the final colour artwork for Led
Zeppelin's Houses Of The Holy was created; how the most iconic
album cover of all time - The Dark Side Of The Moon - came about;
and how the 2017 Pink Floyd retrospective became the largest and
most successful music exhibition ever mounted by the Victoria and
Albert Museum - despite the deeply antagonistic and dysfunctional
relationship between Roger Waters and David Gilmour. Throughout,
Powell exposes how the trappings of fame and glory upset the
balance of everyday life, bringing creativity and destruction in
equal measure. Packed with exciting insider stories and anecdotes
featuring famous musicians, managers, and actors, Through the Prism
is a must-have for music and pop-culture fans. With 253
illustrations
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