This was the cover of Pink Floyd's 30th anniversary release of Dark Side of the Moon, which boasted a super audio CD (SACD) remixed in 5.1 surround sound.
Image courtesy of Pink Floyd. Photography by StormStudios.
"What better than the medium of glass to express an idea about glass and light via a prism. So we made a stain glass window specifically constructed to the proportions of the original design in 1973 and photographed it, backlit by the autumn sun. The imperfections inherent in stain glass were brought out as well as the suspended colours that stain glass provides. A thing of beauty...or so I thought.” - Storm Thorgerson
Exhibition History:
Lambda Print
Mind Over Matter - The Images of Pink Floyd: 40 Years of Collaboration with Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis and StormStudios, June - July, 2008, San Francisco Art Exchange, San Francisco, CA.
Release Notes:
Lambda Print
In 2008, Storm Thorgerson and SFAE celebrated Pink Floyd's 40th anniversary with an exhibition of signed Lambda digital C-Type photographic prints of album cover related images that he had created for the band over the previous 40 years.
These included works he produced both as a founding member of the design collective Hipgnosis, and as an independent designer with StormStudios.
The Lambda printing process involves using lasers to expose a photo-sensitive paper which is then wet-processed, similar to a tradtional dark room photographic print.
Storm's Lambda prints were produced as signed, open editions and were only briefly available for sale as they were intended only for the anniversary celebration. Relatively few of any single image were produced.
Serigraph Print
This image was published in the UK as a signed, limited edition serigraph in the mid 2000s.
Mural Print
Storm released a small series of his most popular designs in an extra-large mural size in the late 2000s.
Collector's Notes:
Lambda Print
Each color photograph was printed to order in the UK and then hand-signed by Storm Thorgerson. When he passed away, he did not leave an archive of these prints behind, only the handful that he had pre-printed and signed for exhibition remained available in our inventory.
Occasionally we may also have one available for resale from a private collector.
The individual print details are below, please contact us for the latest availability.
36" x 36" Sheet Size
Signed, Open Edition
Lambda Digital C-Type Print - SOLD OUT
Serigraph Print
The entire edition was printed and signed at the time by Storm Thorgerson.
This serigraph edition is one of the most popular limited edition prints from the entire StormStudios catalog, there are very very few, if any available. Please contact us for details!
25" x 33" Paper Size
19" x 19" Image Size
Signed, Limited Edition (325)
Serigraph Print on Paper - SOLD OUT
Mural Print
Storm printed these mural prints to order in the UK and hand-signed and numbered each piece. When he passed away, he did not leave an archive of these prints behind, only the handful that he had pre-printed and signed for exhibition remained available in our inventory.
Occasionally we may also have one available for resale from a private collector.
The individual print details are below, please contact us for the latest availability.
60" x 60" Paper Size
Signed, Limited Edition (10)
Archival Pigment Print - SOLD OUT