Hipgnosis
ヒプノシス / 1968–1983 / Style / Music Graphics
The photographic surrealism Thorgerson and Powell's studio brought to the record sleeve — burning handshakes, pigs over power stations — pre-CG trick photography defining the dreams music sees.
Photographic surrealism / Practical effects and retouching / Riddles refusing explanation / The completeness of the square
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
- Type
- Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
- Composition
- Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
- Material
- Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
- Caution
- Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
- Further study
- Storm Thorgerson / the Dark Side prism / the flying pig of Animals