{"id":616,"date":"2011-09-12T12:34:14","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T19:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/?p=616"},"modified":"2018-05-20T01:34:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T08:34:45","slug":"hipnotizing-album-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/?p=616","title":{"rendered":"Hipnotizing Album Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/darkside.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-617\" style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"darkside\" src=\"http:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/darkside-440x440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/darkside-440x440.jpg 440w, https:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/darkside-170x170.jpg 170w, https:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/darkside.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 1968, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stormthorgerson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Storm Thorgerson<\/a> and Aubrey &#8220;Po&#8221; Powell formed Hipgnosis (pronounced like hypnosis), a graphic design studio specializing in creative photography. This creative company predominately worked within the music business designing the album covers for rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll bands such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Black Sabbath, 10cc, Paul McCartney, and Peter Gabriel amongst many others.<!--more--><br \/>\nHipgnosis primarily consisted of Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey Powell and later on, Peter Christopherson. In 1968, Thorgerson and Powell were asked to design an album cover for Pink Floydai??i??s second album called A Saucerful Of Secrets. They completed that project and soon commissioned additional work from EMI, which included photos and album covers for Free, Toe Fat and the Gods. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sydbarrettpinkfloyd.com\/2009\/06\/pink-floyd-album-covers-hipgnosis.html\" target=\"_blank\">Excerpt source<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hipgnosiscovers.com\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">More about Hipnosis and Storm Thorgerson here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/animals.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-618\" style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"animals\" src=\"http:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/animals-437x440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/animals-437x440.jpg 437w, https:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/animals-170x170.jpg 170w, https:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/animals-616x620.jpg 616w, https:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/animals.jpg 698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Peter-Gabriel-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-619\" style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"Peter-Gabriel-3\" src=\"http:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Peter-Gabriel-3-440x440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Peter-Gabriel-3-440x440.jpg 440w, https:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Peter-Gabriel-3-170x170.jpg 170w, https:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Peter-Gabriel-3-620x620.jpg 620w, https:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Peter-Gabriel-3.jpg 953w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wish_you_were_here.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-620\" style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"wish_you_were_here\" src=\"http:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wish_you_were_here-440x440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wish_you_were_here-440x440.jpg 440w, https:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wish_you_were_here-170x170.jpg 170w, https:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wish_you_were_here-620x620.jpg 620w, https:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wish_you_were_here.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/creativewhitespace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/led-zeppelin-houses-of-the-holy-a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-621\" style=\"border-width: 1px; 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