Hipgnosis / Portraits: 10cc · AC/DC · Black Sabbath · Foreigner · Genesis · Led Zeppelin · Pink Floyd · Queen · The Rolling Stones · The Who · Wings - Rilegato

Powell, Aubrey

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ISBN 10: 0500517630 ISBN 13: 9780500517635

Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson, 2014

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Hipgnosis created some of the most innovative and surreal cover art of the 1960s, 70s, and early 80s for the biggest names of the era—Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Wings, Yes, Genesis, 10cc, Peter Gabriel, Bad Company, Syd Barrett, and Black Sabbath, to name just a few. The sublime prism cover for Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon continues to be one of the most pervasive images in all popular culture. Hipgnosis’s highly conceptual approach and graphic appeal earned them five Grammy nominations for cover design, and they profoundly influenced not only the history of music, but also all other creative fields from advertising to fashion.Hipgnosis Portraits explores an endless stream of creative ideas in two sections. Part I, "Imagination," tells the story behind the artwork from germination through to the final sleeve design, supported by a wide array of archival materials. Part II, "Realization," contains beautiful and extremely photographic portraits of the musicians the agency counted as clients. Several of these images were taken but not used for projects and have remained buried in archives ever since. The book is filled with playful, abstract compositions from a remarkably prolific collective that redefined the possibilities of concept-driven art and design.

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A lavish celebration of the photography that fed into the record sleeve fantasies of Aubrey Powell, Storm Thorgerson and Peter Christopherson, aka rock 'n' roll design house Hipgnosis. Presenting unearthed snaps and the fascinating stories behind them. --Mojo

Iconography in action ... insightful and touching ...[a] vast treasure trove. --Grafik

They made dispersive prisms sexy with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, transformed Peter Gabriel into Vitruvian Man - and Mick Jagger into a goat ... Hipgnosis turned the art of the album sleeve upside down for the biggest names in rock. --The Guardian

The stories behind the photographs are as entertaining as the images and add a new dimension to many of the famous album covers and tour sessions. Even the photographs that never saw the light of day at the time capture an era of rock stars in their prime. --Birmingham Post

Considered to be one of the most important design collectives in music history, Hipgnosis created innovative photography and artwork for the likes of The Police, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Peter Gabriel, Genesis and Paul McCartney ... Featuring unseen sketches, working documents and photographic portraits, this new offering from Thames & Hudson delves into the collective's archives to present a fascinating volume. --Hunger TV

Hipgnosis's impact on album art is immeasurable. Celebrated in a new book Hipgnosis Portraits ... featuring both seen and unseen works, the trio shunned the 'boring', static portraiture populating album covers at the time, instead embracing surrealism (Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte and Man Ray were inspirations) and a DIY attitude to design, see: taking an eraser to Peter Gabriel's face for the Melt cover or popping a handful of prints in the oven to cook ... Delve into a pre-Photoshop world with the game-changing designs from a trio who redefined album art through a surrealist, DIY approach. --Dazed

Album cover designers Hipgnosis crystallised the excess of Seventies rock. From Pink Floyd to the Stones to Led Zeppelin, the surreal-meets-modern album sleeves they designed are artefacts of a richer, more indulgent music industry. Hipgnosis Portraits [is a] time capsule of an unrepeatable decade. --Esquire Weekly

Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey Powell and Peter Christopherson of Hipgnosis created some of the most striking and memorable and striking album artworks in music history, including Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. Now a new book delves into their lesser-known archive of portraits of many of the world's biggest rock stars, including The Who, Syd Barrett and Led Zeppelin - whose singer Robert Plant describes the collective as 'greatly gifted, silk-tongued illusionists' and, ultimately, 'lords of the cosmos'. --NME

In fifteen years Hipgnosis established themselves as one of the most important design collectives in music history. Their innovative cover art ... defined the imagery of the biggest names of the late 60s, 70s and early 80s. --Vice

With a wealth of recollections and work-in-progress materials, rather than ruin the magic, Hipgnosis Portraits is further affirmation of what wondrous things these works of art remain. --Record Collector

Lavish ... Powell's commentary offers hilarious insights into working with rock gods - not least photographing a naked Keith Moon. --The Mail on Sunday

L'autore:

Aubrey Powell co-founded the album cover design company Hipgnosis with Storm Thorgerson in 1967. The company ran successfully for 15 years until 1982. Hipgnosis created some of the most innovative and surreal record cover art of the 1960s, 70s and 80s for many of the big name rock bands of the era including Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Yes, Genesis, 10cc, Peter Gabriel, Bad Company, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Scorpions, Styx, Syd Barrett and Black Sabbath. Hipgnosis were nominated five times for Grammy Awards.

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• Editore: Thames & Hudson
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0500517630
• ISBN 13: 9780500517635
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 287